Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2011 | News
Former director of intelligence agency DAS Andres Peñate accused Jose Obdulio Gaviria, personal adviser to former President Alvaro Uribe, of ordering illegal wiretapping, according to diplomatic cables released Wednesday by...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2011 | News
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe filed a criminal complaint against Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel, after the Argentine reportedly accused Uribe of “ties with paramilitaries.”...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2011 | News
A Bogota judge has authorized the seizure of assets and freezing of bank accounts belonging to former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt, who is involved in a bitter divorce with her husband, local media reported Thursday....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2011 | News
The U.S. Treasury Department added Colombian “drug trafficker” Jorge Milton Cifuentes Villa and 69 other individuals and companies to the Kingpin List, a list of persons and entities the U.S. prohibits citizens from...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 23, 2011 | Economy
The Colombian peso has been retreating against the dollar, easing pressure on the central bank to buy up U.S. currency, although an interest rate decision later this week and robust foreign investment outlook mean that the...
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