Mike's Bogota Blog

Liberal candidate Humberto de la Calle: A good man, but a bad campaigner. During much of Colombia's history, the Partido Liberal...

Colombia's next president? Unfortunately, probably not. Vote for Fajardo for president on the27th! Sergio Fajardo wasn't p...

Jhon Jairo Velasquez, one-time cartel assassin turned right-wing political campaigner. Jhon Jairo Velásquez, known as Popeye, was pr...

On Plaza San Victorino, one of Petro's bike racks finds a user. This small bike rack has been sitting nearly empty for years. ...

Pres. Santos and supporters celebrate his reelection victory. (Photo: El Tiempo ) Pres. Santos, it seems to me, ran a remarkably in...

There's the ex-guerrilla whom Santos ousted from City Hall (and then put back in). There's the eccentric politician whom Sant...

In the wake of Sunday's surprising victory for right-wing candidate Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, he and second-place finisher Pres. Juan Man...

Watching the returns come in in a central Bogotá grocery. Until recently, he was little known. And the Centro Democratico political...

Presidential candidate Oscar Iván Zuluaga. (Photo: El Tiempo ) When the newborn Centro Democratico Party selected Oscar Iván Zulua...

So, I'm blogging again, for anybody who cares... It's the presidential campaign which moved me back to the keyboard. Suddenly, what ...