Posted by Hannah Aronowitz | Mar 18, 2011 | News
The Colombian Supreme Court wanted former President Alvaro Uribe’s attempt to get re-elected in 2010 to fail because of an ongoing feud with the executive branch, according to a WikiLeaks cable released by newspaper El...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Mar 17, 2011 | News
The Colombian government has announced it will send a plane to Japan this weekend to evacuate the some 300 Colombian nationals that wish to return after last week’s earthquake and tsunami, Spanish news agency EFE reported...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Mar 17, 2011 | News
Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks in Colombia’s capital Bogota on solutions to climate change, newspaper El Espectador reported Thursday. On Wednesday, at the invitation of newspaper El Espectador and Caracol TV,...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Mar 17, 2011 | News
Emerging criminal gangs have consolidated their power and have a “capacity to act” in 360 Colombian municipalities, a report by NGO Indepaz released Thursday showed. These neo-paramilitary groups are composed of...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Mar 17, 2011 | Economy
The decision by rating agency Standard & Poor’s to move Colombia up to investment grade “is like having a certificate of good conduct,” says President Juan Manuel Santos, Spanish news agency EFE reported...
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