DAS official sentenced to 8 years jail
A former top official of state intelligence agency DAS was sentenced on Thursday to eight years and four months in jail for the illegal wiretapping of government opponents. With the…
A former top official of state intelligence agency DAS was sentenced on Thursday to eight years and four months in jail for the illegal wiretapping of government opponents. With the…
Crime in Colombia went down 14% in 2010 compared to the previous year, the country’s defense minister said Thursday. “In the course of the government of ‘Democratic Prosperity,’ we are registering…
The urban approval rating of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is 72% according to a survey held in Colombia’s five largest cities. The approval rating measured by pollster Gallup is…
Demobilized FARC commander Elda Neyis “Karina” Mosquera Garcia, who was named as “manager of peace” by former President Alvaro Uribe, has confessed to 218 crimes, including multiple homicides and kidnapping,…
Colombia’s crude oil output in November rose 12.8% from the year before to an average of 818,000 barrels per day, government oil-licensing agency ANH said Thursday. October output was revised…
Colombia’s National Reparation and Reconciliation Commission announces that 15.5% of 55,000 former members of illegal armed groups have rearmed. This means that more than 8,500 former paramilitaries and guerrillas have…
The north Colombian department of Cordoba is on high alert after the Sinu River burst its banks leaving much of the regional capital Monteria under water, while many parts of the…
Hollywood actors nominated Colombian actress Sofia Vergara for a SAG award for her role in the ABC sitcom “Modern Family.” Vergara received the nomination in the Outstanding Performance by a…
Venezuela has paid over 50% of the $800 million debt it owes to Colombian exporters, according to Colombia’s ambassador in Caracas Jose Fernando Bautista, reports Dinero. “The payment has been…