Between 1958 and 2022, the Observatory of Memory and Conflict at the National Centre for Historical Memory recorded 14,380 women who were victims of sexual violence within the framework of the Colombian armed conflict. Of these, 87 % were Afro-Colombian. The figure is not an archival detail. In the first three months of 2026, the … CONTINUE READING →
On 24 June 2026, Colombia’s National Electoral Council proclaimed Abelardo de la Espriella president for the 2026–2030 term, with an official margin over Iván Cepeda of 250,830 votes, less than one percentage point. That same afternoon, Gustavo Petro confirmed the start of the handover process with his successor, the formal transfer of government between outgoing … CONTINUE READING →
The number 18,677 took more than a decade to come into existence and barely a few weeks to become electoral ammunition. It was produced by the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, the tribunal created by the 2016 accord to prosecute the crimes of Colombia’s armed conflict, after painstaking cross-referencing on the recruitment of minors by the … CONTINUE READING →