Tag: Alvaro Uribe

• Wednesday, April 10th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

  Uribe to become first former Colombian president under trial

  

  Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez will become the first former head of state of the South American country to be brought before the courts, the prosecution announced Tuesday in Bogota. The date for the start of the trial has not yet been set. Uribe faces bribery and procedural fraud charges.

• Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Petro and Uribe hold unprecedented meeting to discuss Colombia's future

  

  Colombian political foes former President Álvaro Uribe and President-elect Gustavo Petro met Wednesday for a round of dialogue that was unthinkable not so long ago. Following Petro's invitation, the two rivals got together to build bridges during their first face-to-face encounter in Bogota.

• Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Colombian servicemen admit to “false positive” killings

  

  A group of Colombian servicemen charged with the so-called “false positives” during the fight against guerrillas before the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) court Friday acknowledged their involvement in the murder of 247 people.

• Friday, July 16th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Colombian court hears new charges against Army staff allegedly involved in human rights violations

  

  Colombia's Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) has filed charges Thursday against 15 members of the national army of “war crimes and crimes against humanity,” it was announced.

• Saturday, May 1st 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Former President Uribe calls on police and army to use weapons in Colombian protests

  

  Colombian former President Álvaro Uribe on Friday urged that police and military have the right to use arms in the context of demonstrations against the tax reform being promoted by the government of Ivan Duque, his political godson. The following reactions included Human Rights groups and political figures pressing Twitter to suspend Uribe’s account, where he posted the message.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  Colombia ex president Uribe released from house arrest while probe on witness tampering continues

  

  A Colombian judge on Saturday ordered an end to house arrest for former president Alvaro Uribe, who is under investigation for alleged witness tampering and fraud.

• Thursday, August 20th 2020 - 10:51 UTC

  Ex Colombian president Uribe, under investigation, resigned his Senate seat

  

  Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who is under investigation for alleged witness tampering, resigned his Senate seat on Tuesday after being placed under house arrest earlier this month.

• Wednesday, August 8th 2018 - 06:50 UTC

  Colombian president Duque anticipates “corrections” to the peace deal with guerrillas

  

  Colombia’s youngest elected president was sworn in to office on Tuesday, promising to “make corrections” to a peace deal with leftist rebels that has divided the country and to crack down on lingering armed groups still roaming the countryside.

• Friday, August 3rd 2018 - 09:38 UTC

  Colombia's kingmaker withdraws his Senate resignation letter

  

  Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, accused of witness tampering and bribery, asked the Senate to ignore his resignation letter so that his case remains with the Supreme Court. Uribe, who was in office from 2002 to 2010 and mounted a military offensive against Marxist guerrillas, said on Monday he would resign his seat in the Senate to concentrate on his defense after the Supreme Court called on him to testify.

• Monday, June 18th 2018 - 07:20 UTC

  President elect Duque pledges to unite Colombia and change the peace accord with FARC

  

  Colombia's President-elect Ivan Duque, who swept aside leftist Gustavo Petro in Sunday's election, pledged to unite the nation after a divisive campaign but insisted he would change a landmark peace accord with leftist rebels