Posted by Adriaan Alsema | May 20, 2011 | News
One of the candidates to replace Bogota’s suspended mayor Samuel Moreno, who is investigated for corruption, withdrew her candidacy Thursday over controversy regarding her connections to Moreno’s administration....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 20, 2011 | News
Colombian hacker collective “Anonymous” hacked the website of the country’s Senate Friday, replacing the page with an alternative website protesting a new law regarding internet copyright. On the hacker...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 19, 2011 | Economy
The Colcap index finished down 0.27% today as the two largest oil companies ended up on opposite sides of the spectrum. Ecopetrol finished the session up 2.72% while Pacific Rubiales finished down 3.41%, both on heavy volume....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 19, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office seized assets of Medellin’s former chief of prosecution, who is in jail for ties to jailed drug lord “Don Mario.” The properties of Guillermo Leon Valencia...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 19, 2011 | News
Colombia’s government stresses that evidence found on computers of slain FARC commander “Raul Reyes” was not manipulated, after the country’s Supreme Court dismissed evidence from the computers were...
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