Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 15, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Congress on Thursday approved a controversial legal amendment as part of the Justice Reform Act that has been widely rejected by the country’s high courts and which will improve the legal defense...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 14, 2012 | News
The lawyers collective defending 10 victims of the 1997 Mapiripan massacre said Thursday it will return $240,000 the Colombian State was ordered to pay to a woman who later said to have lied about being a victim of the massacre....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 14, 2012 | News
The late brother of former President Alvaro Uribe reportedly did not have one, but two children with Dolly Cifuentes, who is set to be extradited to the U.S. for her alleged ties to the Mexican Sinaloa cartel. According to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 13, 2012 | News
Colombia dropped five places and has become the world’s 15th least peaceful country, according to the Global Peace Index (GPI). Latin America Peace Index Chile Uruguay Costa Rica Argentina Panama Guyana Cuba Paraguay Peru...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 13, 2012 | News
Colombia’s congress on Tuesday approved the subsidized construction of 100,000 houses for some of the country’s poorest citizens. The free houses are planned to be ready in July next year and are meant to diminish...
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