Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 11, 2011 | News
Colombia will deport an Indonesian citizen who is wanted for allegedly taking millions in bribes while working as a treasurer for Indonesia’s leading Democratic Party, Indonesian media reported Wednesday. Muhammad...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 11, 2011 | News
Former Bogota mayor and former presidential candidate Antanas Mockus on Wednesday officially registered to run for a third term as the capital’s chief executive. The excentric scholar, who was Bogota’s mayor from...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 11, 2011 | News
Colombia’s former army commander, retired General Mario Montoya, will have to appear before prosecutors to explain an allegedly fake demobilization of FARC fighters in 2006. The Prosecutor general’s Office is...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 10, 2011 | Economy
Colombian stocks rose for a second straight day, ignoring another session of sharp losses in the U.S. markets, while the peso strengthened against the dollar. The COLCAP index, a wide benchmark for Colombia’s largest...
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Colombian police Wednesday announced the arrest of a woman whom they claim worked as a front for the money laundering activities of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel. Dolly Cifuentes Villa, who was arrested on Tuesday, is said to...
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