Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 23, 2010 | News
Julio Alberto Lozano, accused by Colombian authorities of being one of the hemisphere’s most important drug traffickers, has surrendered himself to U.S. authorities, the Colombian police said. According to national police...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 23, 2010 | News
Colombia’s State Council will examine whether it was legal for President Juan Manuel Santos to compose a new shortlist of candidates for the position of prosecutor general, replacing that drawn up by former President...
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Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno has compiled an 18,000-page defense against accusations his administration fraudulently granted public works contracts. The documents were sent to Moreno’s party Polo Democratico on Monday and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 23, 2010 | Tourism
Colombia’s ecotourism industry is making efforts to promote itself, backed by the U.N. and Accion Social, Colombia’s presidential aid agency, reports El Colombiano. Through Accion Social the U.N. has funded a number...
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A Facebook page in the name of “Alfonso Cano,” the leader of Colombian guerrilla group the FARC, was removed from the social media website a few days after media discovered the public profile. Before being removed,...
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