YEAR III  ·  No. 628  ·  FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2026

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How Vote-Buying, Falsified Forms and Imperial Indifference Emptied Colombia’s Presidential Election of Meaning

Juan Rulfo imagined a village where the dead keep talking because no one told them everything was over. In Comala, voices circulate, orders are carried out, the land obeys a power that no longer exists in any material sense. Colombia held its presidential run-off on 21 June 2026 with record turnout, more than twenty-five million … CONTINUE READING →

The abuses of the continental far right’s favorite villain: Beto Coral, Honduras and the Trump corollary no one wants to name

In early December 2025, the Trump administration published its new National Security Strategy, described by its own authors as a corollary to the 1823 Monroe Doctrine. The text demands access to strategic locations across the hemisphere and cooperation from regional governments, while renouncing, at least on paper, any contest with China and Russia over other … CONTINUE READING →

Cepeda and De la Espriella accuse each other of plotting an autoatentado as the MOE calls for toning down campaign rhetoric four days before the runoff

Dos podios vacíos enfrentados sobre un mapa fragmentado de Colombia, ciudad y montañas al atardecer

On 8 June 2026, thirteen days before the presidential runoff, the two candidates contesting the Casa de Nariño, seat of the Colombian presidency, accused each other, on the same social network and within a few hours of one another, of preparing an autoatentado, a staged attack against the candidate himself intended to influence the outcome … CONTINUE READING →