Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 16, 2012 | Disinformation
Colombia’s Inspector General on Thursday ordered regular obligatory lie detector tests for all members of government and congress. The decision followed a request by anti-corruption NGO Transparency International that had...
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Colombia’s Prosecutor general’s Office announced Wednesday it has begun investigating allegations the country’s transport minister has illegally granted government contracts to a family business. Minister...
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President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday asked indigenous groups in the southwest of Colombia for forgiveness over the suffering, deaths and human rights violations caused by the ongoing armed conflict, and promised...
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President Juan Manuel Santos claimed Wednesday that Colombia’s military intelligence service has intercepted communication from the FARC in which commanders of that organization ordered the death of the head of state....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 16, 2012 | Economy
The Colombian peso opened trading at a two-month low Thursday after the Colombian government announced forex interventions to ease the burden on exporters. The peso fell to COP1,820.5 for a dollar on Tuesday from 1,7930.60 the...
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