Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 12, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Congress on Tuesday approved a controversial military justice reform that grants jurisdiction over crimes committed by members of the military to military tribunals. The reform has been criticized heavily by...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 11, 2012 | Economy
The European Parliament on Tuesday ratified a free trade agreement with Colombia and Peru despite human and labor rights concerns. The EP’s plenary chamber approved the trade deal with 486 votes in favor, 147 against and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 11, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the criminal investigation of 12 congressmen and two (former) ministers for the congressional approval of a controversial justice reform that was later sunk because it allegedly...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 11, 2012 | News
The father of the mayor of Colombia’s second largest city Medellin was placed under house arrest for the second time Monday while awaiting trial over his alleged ties to paramilitary organization AUC. Guillermo Gaviria,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 7, 2012 | Guests
It is 4:30AM on Friday December 7, 2012 here in Medellin, Colombia and I am putting these words to paper even if I am presently unsure if they will ever meet the light of anyone else’s day, or even if I am wise to express these...
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