Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 24, 2011 | News
The Colombian government has abandoned its controversial plan to allow private companies to finance public universities, President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday. The plan led to massive student protests in April....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 23, 2011 | News
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba, who fled the country after allegedly receiving death threats, was protected by at least eight bodyguards, the Colombian government said Monday. According to Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 23, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office on Monday barred the suspended governor of the eastern Colombian department of Casanare from holding office for 14 and a half years over corruption charges. Governor Oscar Raul...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 23, 2011 | zSports
The Colombian soccer federation has accepted the resignation of Hernan Dario Gomez weeks after the head coach admitted to striking a woman in a Bogota bar. Gomez became the center of controversy earlier this month after hitting...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 22, 2011 | Economy
The top executive of Colombia’s government-run telephone company ETB, whose share price was recently at a 33-month low, has resigned, according to a statement from the company. “Fernando Carrizosa turned in his...
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