Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office on Wednesday requested an investigation into an ex-DAS intelligence chief regarding his alleged involvement in the 1990 murder of a presidential candidate. The Inspector General’s Office…
Disgraced DMG boss David Murcia was transferred Wednesday to a New York jail to face charges of money laundering for drug traffickers. Murcia, the “brain” of financial company DMG, who…
President Uribe announced that he is meeting U.S. congressmen on Saturday, to request the urgent adoption of the pending free trade agreement. “I have a meeting on Saturday with a…
Colombia’s anti-kidnapping unit on Wednesday stated that kidnapping is on the decline, and that there are at present 63 citizens in captivity across the country. The director of the police…
Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba on Tuesday announced that two hostages being held by FARC guerrillas will be released in approximately one month. “I think that with the will of the…
Authorities on Wednesday announced the arrest of a suspected guerrilla who they believe to have been a key figure in the kidnap and murder of the governor of Caqueta. The…
The FARC must be stopped so that Colombia can live peacefully, declared President Uribe in a radio interview on Wednesday. When questioned with regard to the FARC’s recent statement in…
Colombia’s annual inflation was 2% in 2009, its lowest level since records began some 55 years ago. In December, inflation continued to fall, hitting a level of only 0.08%, or…
Two million vaccines against the swine flu virus will arrive in Colombia from February 25, stated the country’s health minister on Wednesday. Health Minister Diego Palacio said that the vaccinations…