Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos publicly addressed the DIAN embezzlement scandal on Thursday, indicating that the arrests of 12 public officials are only the beginning of a corruption shakedown. Santos…
Medellin music festival “La Fiesta del Callejon” promises to offer a night of eclectic urban music in the city’s botanical gardens on June 16. La Fiesta del Callejon, or “back…
Former navy Colonel Luis Fernando Borja Giraldo was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 years in prison for the murder of civilians to inflate military kill counts. Giraldo pleaded guilty to…
Ten officials from Colombia’s tax authority DIAN were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of embezzling billions of dollars from tax payers. El Tiempo reported earlier that day that Colombia’s Prosecutor General…
Illegal mining accounts for nearly one billion pesos ($600,000) in lost royalties and tax revenue in Colombia, reported business newspaper Portafolio Wednesday. According to Cesar Diaz Guerrero, executive director of…
Colombian tax officials have been stealing $4 billion a year by claiming false VAT returns, reported newspaper El Tiempo Wednesday. According to the newspaper, the country’s prosecutor general’s office has…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Congress on Tuesday to approve pending free trade agreements (FTAs), including one with Colombia, in order to stimulate the U.S. economy and job…
Leon Valencia, head of NGO Nuevo Arco Iris and high-profile opponent of former President Alvaro Uribe, defended his recent government contract to identify corrupt political candidates in the October elections.…
A commercial helicopter flying from the capital city of Bogota to the department of Tolima crashed Tuesday, killing both pilot and passenger. According to newspaper El Tiempo, the U.S.-registered aircraft…