Posted by Caitlin Trent | Oct 9, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s congress is planing to put a cap on pensions of the country’s wealthiest, financial paper, Portfolio reported Tuesday. A pending law would drastically lower the maximum pension from 25 to 10 times the...
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Ten Colombian military officers were barred for allegedly torturing 21 fellow soldiers as a part of counter-guerrilla training, reported RCN television network on Tuesday. According to RCN, the soldiers were tortured through...
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Colombian police have captured drug trafficker “JJ,” a criminal allegedly tied to the feared gang “Los Rastrojos,” in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Tuesday. Alberto Naranjo Franco, alias JJ, was...
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Five army men have been dismissed on Tuesday from the Colombian Army and barred from running for public office for 20 years in reprisal for the extrajudicial killing of two helpless indigenous women who they passed off as...
Read MorePosted by Caitlin Trent | Oct 9, 2012 | Medellin
The “Altavoz” music festival in Colombia’s second city Medellin will feature various categories of music for three days this weekend from October 13 to 15. The festival will present 262 eclectic bands,...
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