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Weekly Report - 31 July 2025 (WR-25-30)
Uribe’s guilty verdict creates shockwaves at home and abroad
Colombia’s former president Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010) was found guilty of witness tampering and bribery on 28 July, in a momentous verdict that has roiled the country’s politics ahead of the 2026 general election. Whilst the charges are only indirectly related to longstanding accusations that Uribe colluded with right-wing paramilitary groups during his presidency and his governorship of Antioquia department (1995-1998), the guilty verdict was hailed by victims’ associations as a key step towards accountability. On the other hand, conservatives and many of Uribe’s international allies, including in the US government, have decried the verdict as political persecution.
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