Posted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Nov 25, 2011 | News
Two frontmen for demobilized paramilitary leader “Jorge 40” have been arrested over illegal land grabs carried out a decade ago, Colombian newspaper El Espectador reported Friday. The two members of the now defunct...
Read MorePosted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Nov 25, 2011 | News
Pope Benedict XVI announced on Friday the appointment of a highly educated Jesuit priest as the new bishop of the Fontibon district in Bogota. Born in Quito, Ecuador in 1951, Juan Vicente Cordoba went on to study philisophy,...
Read MorePosted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Nov 24, 2011 | News
With over 100 Colombians killed and 90,000 families affected by heavy rains, government agencies and local municipalities battle to establish who is responsible for the emergencies. In particular, government agencies have denied...
Read MorePosted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Nov 24, 2011 | News
The Colombian high court decided Wednesday that proposed judicial reforms threaten the autonomy and governance powers of the justice system, and fail to address its needs. The 30 judges of the State Council, Colombia’s...
Read MorePosted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Nov 23, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manual Santos instructed his cabinet on Tuesday to focus efforts on getting basic humanitarian aid to the more than 340,000 victims of this rainy season’s floods. Santos acknowledged on Twitter...
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