Posted by Christan Leonard | May 24, 2012 | News
Colombia’s human rights record improved very little over the past year, according to Amnesty International’s annual report released Thursday. The report said some progress had been made under the administration of...
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | May 23, 2012 | News
The head of the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF), Diego Molano, claimed gay couples have not been formally granted adoption rights, according to a report from RCN Radio. Molano’s statement was in reference to a...
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | May 23, 2012 | News
Colombian network RCN Television released a video Tuesday of the primary evidence in the case against former politician Sigifredo Lopez. Lopez is accused of aiding the FARC in orchestrating his own kidnapping in 2002, along with...
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | May 23, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s minister of foreign affairs said she expected Colombia and South Korea would soon sign a free trade agreement, RCN Radio reported Tuesday. Minister Maria Angela Holguin said she anticipated the pact would be...
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | May 23, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has granted custody to a gay father who had been separated from his adopted children, essentially legalizing gay adoption in the country. The adopted sons of U.S. citizen Chandler Burr were...
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