Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 18, 2011 | News
Former Bogota mayor and current prominent Green Party member Luis Eduardo Garzon will appear before prosecutors to explain his alleged corruption when granting public works in the capital. Garzon’s interrogation is part of...
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Two special congress commissions on Monday approved the state of emergency declared by President Juan Manuel Santos in early December to deal with 2010’s catastrophic rainy season. According to the president of the House...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2011 | Lite
Padre Chucho, the Catholic priest that advised Colombian housewives on exorcism, cheating and other pressing moral issues, has apparently been taken off the air by television network RCN. “Cura para el alma” (Cure...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2011 | News
The FARC plan a new attack on the south Colombian town San Vicente del Caguan where police were able to counter a guerrilla attack earlier this month, the army said Monday. In an interview with Noticias Uno, General Juan Carlos...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2011 | News
Neo-paramilitary groups active in the north Colombian department of Cordoba are willing to demobilize, the Catholic Church said Sunday. According to Monteria bishop Julio Cesar Vidal, a number of the drug traffickers that are...
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