Colombia

Orinoco Tribune
Gustavo Petro Wins in Colombia, 2nd Round Battle Begins
01 Jun 2022
The Historic Pact candidates Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez won the first round of the Colombian presidential election but now face conservative candidates in a June 19 runoff.
Benjamin Norton
US Meddling in Colombia’s Election, Warns Left-wing Vice Presidential Candidate Francia Márquez
24 May 2022
The top vice presidential candidate for Colombia’s May elections, Francia Márquez, called out the US government for meddling in the electoral process. The left-wing activist criticized the war on…
Roger D. Harris
Why Are Colombian Election Candidates Auditioning in Washington?
24 May 2022
Colombian vice presidential candidates recently appeared at a Town Hall in Washington. The US is determined to exert control, especially over political parties seeking independence and sovereignty…
Sara Sirota
International Political Actors Condemn Mounting Violence in Colombia's Presidential Election
24 May 2022
Gustavo Petro and Francia Marquez Mina’s left-wing ticket could upend Colombia’s conservative status quo. But both leaders face repeated death threats.
Charo Mina Rojas
Francia Márquez Mina: the Triumph of a Pedagogy of the Oppressed in Progress
13 Apr 2022
Francia Márquez Mina: the Triumph of a Pedagogy of the Oppressed in Progress
Krys Cerisier
How Afro-Colombians are Fighting White Feminism
05 Apr 2022
The struggles of Black, Indigenous, and Queer women must be part of any conversations about feminism in Latin America. Afro-Colombians like vice presidential candidate Francia Marquez exemplify this…
Telesur
Colombian Vice-Presidential Candidate Gets Death Threat
30 Mar 2022
Colombian Vice Presidential candidate Francia Marquez is again threatened by right wing groups in that country. She demands that president Ivan Duque protect her and others leaders as well.
Jaime Alves
Soy Porque Somos (I Am Because We Are): a Black-women-led and Life-Based Project for a New Colombia
15 Mar 2022
This article was written before the March 13 primaries when Francia Marquez received more than 780,000 votes. She received more votes than any Black politician in Colombian history. Would her…
Lina Lucumi Mosquera and Lizeth Sinisterra Ossa
#SomosLosNadie
08 Mar 2022
Francia Marquez is a Black Colombian woman, an environmentalist, and presidential candidate. Her campaign represents "the nobodies, those who have not had a choice."
Benjamin Norton
US and Colombia Do Military Exercises with Nuclear Submarine Near Venezuela, After Sending Warship Through Taiwan Strait
08 Mar 2022
Events in Ukraine have not stopped the US drive for domination.