Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 31, 2011 | News
Coalition U Party Senator Fuad Rapag was arrested in Bogota Tuesday for allegedly having received money from paramilitaries to finance his political aspirations. The arrest took place after Colombia’s Supreme Court ruled...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 30, 2011 | From the editor
Colombia Reports has made a few changes to increase interaction with its readers and hopefully break down some of the barriers that stand between those in the newsroom and those elsewhere. Changes on the website itself The most...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 30, 2011 | News
Colombia’s currency could remain bound to the tight trading ranges it has seen over the past three weeks, pleasing monetary authorities who have been working to prevent excessive strength against the weak dollar. Despite...
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Colombian state money meant to help victims of last year’s rainy season is being stolen by politicians and used in the campaign budgets for the upcoming local elections, the country’s comptroller general said Monday....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 30, 2011 | News
Colombia’s poverty reduction plan “merits a cautious welcome” as it recognizes inequality as a problem, but also introduces a way to measure poverty that instantly reduces the poverty rate without taking...
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