Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 6, 2012 | News
Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe announced Thursday the creation of a new movement called the “Pure Democratic Center,” aimed at providing a candidate to oppose current President Juan Manuel Santos in the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 5, 2012 | Lite
The granddaughter of the late Julio Mario Santo Domingo, founder of one of Colombia’s most powerful economic powerhouses, will marry the son of Monaco’s Princess Caroline, the princess said Wednesday. According to the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 5, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office on Wednesday began a preliminary investigation into alleged ties between Housing Minister German Vargas Lleras and jailed paramilitary warlord “Martin Llanos.”...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 4, 2012 | News
Colombia is investigating whether a former capo of the Norte del Valle cartel had Colombia’s former chief prosecutor, a congressman and 16 generals on his payroll, radio station La FM reported Wednesday. According to the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 4, 2012 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his congressional coalition continue to blame each other over a government-proposed justice reform that failed after coalition congressmen added controversial amendments to the bill. In...
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