Posted by Christan Leonard | May 14, 2012 | News
The United States Senate will hold a public hearing on May 23 to review the prostitute scandal that occurred in April when U.S. agents solicited prostitutes during their visit to Colombia for the Summit of the Americas. U.S....
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | May 14, 2012 | News
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe accused Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of covering up government impunity for the murder of thousands of citizens via Twitter on Sunday. In a post on his Twitter page, Uribe wrote that...
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | May 14, 2012 | News
Colombia’s first export to the United States under the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement will be a shipment of 4,200 boxes of flowers, Portfolio News reported Sunday. A plane carrying the flowers will leave Bogota Monday...
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | May 11, 2012 | News
Extradited leader of the AUC paramilitary group Salvatore Mancuso said the 2006 reelection of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was financed by paramilitaries. In an interview with Caracol Radio, Mancuso revealed that he...
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | May 11, 2012 | News
Imprisoned AUC paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso accused former Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo of involvement in the false demobilization of the AUC and a nonexistent FARC front. In his first public interview in...
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