Posted by Alice Boyd | Oct 14, 2011 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday he spoke with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu regarding a possible role for Colombia as a mediator for peace in the Middle East. Santos announced via his Twitter page, “I have...
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Colombia’s Constitutional Court approved a transitional law Thursday, retrospectively legalizing the demobilization of some 20,000 paramilitary and guerrilla fighters, whose looming trials were threatening to clog...
Read MorePosted by Alice Boyd | Oct 13, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Supreme Court decided Thursday to end an investigation against the Inspector General, Alejandro Ordoñez, over his alleged role in a bribery scandal, according to Colombian newspaper El Espectador. Ordoñez was...
Read MorePosted by Alice Boyd | Oct 13, 2011 | News
Medellin gang leader “El Cebollero” claimed Thursday to have evidence that he gave money to a previous political campaign of Anibal Gaviria, now a candidate for Medellin mayor. In an interview with W Radio, the...
Read MorePosted by Alice Boyd | Oct 13, 2011 | News
Colombia’s former Agriculture Minister Andres Felipe Arias finished his first day at trial Wednesday, facing embezzlement charges over his alleged role in the Agro Ingreso Seguro (AIS) corruption scandal. Colombia’s...
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