Posted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 13, 2013 | Culture
A young Medellin artist installed hundreds of large maroon posters with a terse message throughout the city center, provoking diverse reactions to the biggest piece of news in Latin America: “Chavez is dead.” The...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 12, 2013 | News
A Colombian senator implicated in the Bogota corruption scandal of 2010 was stripped of power by the Council of State, officially barring him from holding office for 20 years. The dignity of Ivan Moreno Rojas, former senator and...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 12, 2013 | News
According to local and international experts, a significant hurdle stands between thousands of displaced Colombians and the land they seek to reclaim: landmines. “One of the biggest obstacles facing the land restitution...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 11, 2013 | News
The Colombian Constitutional Court on Monday reasserted its support for gay rights in response to a reactionary appeal raised by the Inspector General. In May of 2012, Colombia’s inspector general sought to annul the...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 11, 2013 | News
A letter to Colombia’s President signed by five Colombian NGOs has condemned the land restitution law for containing bureaucratic hurdles which has effectively prevented thousands of displaced families from regaining their...
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