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A year ago, Colombia's streets were flooded with anti-government protesters angered by a proposed tax increase as citizens reeled from the economic impact of the pandemic.

By Gwynne Dyer “Corruption isn’t fought with slogans on TikTok,” complained veteran Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro. But social media can win elections, and a right-wing dark horse called Rodolfo Hernández, who calls himself the ‘King of TikTok’, may crush Petro’s hopes of becoming Colombia’s first-ever leftist president on Sunday (19 June).It did seem that […]

The world has become interconnected with the Internet. People can search and easily find out the latest political trends. I am suggesting the Sri Lanka government, along with the elite political classes, have a great responsibility to be aware of events and political trends in the outside world. There are both hostile undercurrents and trends, […]

Colombians vote Sunday in a presidential runoff that features promises of radical change in a country saddled with widespread poverty, violence and other woes.

‘Corruption isn’t fought with slogans on TikTok,” complained veteran Colombian presid...

Photo: Gustavo Petro meeting workers during the second round campaign. Credit -- @petrogustavo For more information about the election and the results

The Colombian Navy has discovered two additional shipwrecks near the site of the lost galleon San Jo...

Colombia´s Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute launched (IGAC) its 9th Geomatic Week event on 13 June 2022 at the Maloka Interactive Museum in Bogota, Colombia. The event brings together experts, professionals, and students from Colombia and from other countries to address the use of geospatial information in four key areas: technologies and methodologies for multi-purpose cadaster, geographic information for the citizen, new trends in geospatial technologies, and capacity building and empower...

In run-off presidential election, Colombians will choose between two radically different anti-establishment candidates.

On Thursday, June 16 at 19:30 GMT:Colombians will head to the polls again on June 19, in what's anticipated to be a close run-off presidential electio