Colombia’s August 7 Inauguration: The Venue Fight, Explained for Foreigners

Colombia · Politics Key Facts The move. The Senate voted 55-32 to hold the August 7 handover in Cauca, not Bogotá. The security question. Congress has asked the military whether Cauca is safe enough to convene there. The garrison standoff. The president-elect wants a military base; the outgoing president refuses to allow one. Still unresolved.…