Colombia’s prosecutor general announced Thursday that the director of the Colombian government’s Financial Information and Analysis Unit (UIAF), Mario Aranguren, will be charged in relation to the illegal wiretappings undertaken…
Colombia’s Supreme Court Monday asked the prosecutor general to place two witnesses in the trial of former DAS director Jorge Noguera under state protection, due to reports that they are…
The U.S. State Department’s 2009 Human Rights Report found that despite progress, “significant” human rights abuses and “impunity” for corrupt officials still persist in Colombia. The report notes that Andres…
Colombia’s Inspector General (IG) Monday announced the list of charges against President Alvaro Uribe’s personal secretary Bernardo Moreno for his role in the security agency DAS wiretapping scandal. Presidential secretary…
The Uribe administration on Tuesday stressed its support for a free and independent press in Colombia, following criticisms of the state of journalistic freedom in the Andean nation. A government press release…
The former intelligence director of DAS, Jorge Lagos, told Colombia’s Supreme Court on Monday that under the management of Jorge Noguera the government security agency had sent letters designed to…
Two high profile Colombian journalists condemned the state of journalism in the Andean nation, saying that many reporters live in a “state of terror” at a press conference Tuesday celebrating…
The Foundation for the Liberty of the Press (FLIP) on Tuesday released a preliminary report on press freedom in Colombia in 2009. The report finds the DAS illegal wire-tappings of…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Wednesday denied claims made in court by ex-DAS director Jorge Noquera that Uribe received periodic reports on trade union activities throughout the country, reported radio station…