Posted by Edward Fox | Mar 14, 2011 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos will present on Monday the government’s National Plan for Social Prosperity, an initiative aimed at eliminating extreme poverty in Colombia. Santos will make the presentation in Quibdo, Choco,...
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Colombia’s Minister for Trade, Industry and Tourism Sergio Diaz-Granados said that as a result of Friday’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, trade talks between the countries will have to remain on hold,...
Read MorePosted by Edward Fox | Mar 14, 2011 | News
Police found on Sunday the bodies of 10 people apparently massacred in Bajo Cauca in the central Colombian department of Antioquia, Caracol Radio reported. Police came across the bodies after carrying out a search for a person...
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Former presidential advisor under Alvaro Uribe, Jose Obdulio Gaviria, has lashed out at the Chief of Colombia’s National Police (CNP) Oscar Naranjo after a WikiLeaks cable showed Naranjo alleged Gaviria organized meetings...
Read MorePosted by Edward Fox | Mar 12, 2011 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos will chair a UN Security Council meeting next month aimed at “giving a push” to reconstruction efforts in Haiti following last year’s earthquake, Spanish news agency EFE reports....
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