Posted by Caitlin Trent | Nov 20, 2012 | News
Colombia’s comptroller on Tuesday charged 13 judges and magistrates for a pension scam that provided high-up judiciaries with unearned inflated pensions. As a result of the indictment, the 13 judges and magistrates could...
Read MorePosted by Caitlin Trent | Nov 19, 2012 | War and peace
Colombia’s agriculture minister claimed Monday that the Victims and Land Restitution Act is not up for negotiation during the peace process with rebel group FARC. Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo stated that the...
Read MorePosted by Caitlin Trent | Nov 19, 2012 | News
Mud being flung back and forth between ex-president Alvaro Uribe and his former defense minister continued Monday, with Silva responding to Uribe’s accusations of him being “useless” among other insults. The...
Read MorePosted by Caitlin Trent | Nov 19, 2012 | News
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe admitted Sunday to receiving “help” from U.S. coal company Drummond while in office. Although direct payments from Drummond to Uribe’s lawyer remain unconfirmed,...
Read MorePosted by Caitlin Trent | Nov 19, 2012 | Cartagena
Among a list of other prominent arts figures, Cartagena’s annual Hay Festival will proudly present two of Literature’s Nobel Prize winners in January. Both Mario Vargas Llosa of Peru and Herta Muller from Romania,...
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