Congress approves war tax
Colombia’s Congress, followed by the Senate, on Wednesday approved a new tax measure, expected to launch in 2011 and last for four years. The new tax will impose a rate…
Colombia’s Congress, followed by the Senate, on Wednesday approved a new tax measure, expected to launch in 2011 and last for four years. The new tax will impose a rate…
The UN expressed concerns Wednesday about threats made against Colombian judicial officials and warned that some were coming from the government and police. Following a 10-day visit to Colombia, the…
David Murcia Guzman, the disgraced founder and head of the DMG corporation, was sentenced Wednesday by a Colombian court to 30 years and eight months in prison. This decision comes…
An ex-police colonel on Wednesday denied he was responsible for torturing his wife to death. Former colonel Jose Joaquin Aldana, who turned himself into authorities Tuesday, declared himself innocent of…
Despite measures taken by authorities, deadly violence continues to soar in Medellin. October and November of this year counted the city’s highest number of murders in five years. According to…
President Uribe gave a speech Tuesday ahead of his participation in the Copenhagen Climate Summit, in which he highlighted the primary arguments he intended to present in Denmark. The Colombian…
Overcrowding in Colombian prisons has doubled in the last two years with the average prison in 2009 exceeding its capacity by some 37 percent, claimed the Comptroller General Wednesday. The…
The Venezuelan consul in the Colombian department of Arauca closed his office on Tuesday, fearing for his life due to threats made against him by an assailant. The consul, Carlos…
Colombian health authorities on Tuesday announced that the death toll of the AH1N swine flu virus has risen to 190 with seven deaths registered in the last week. The Ministry…