Posted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 22, 2011 | News
Colombian Congress’ Accusation Committee will make public the investigation into former President Alvaro Uribe’s role in the wiretapping scandal when proceedings resume on March 16, newspaper El Espectador reported...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 22, 2011 | News
WikiLeaks cables reveal that the U.S. pressured the government of then-President Alvaro Uribe to clean up the scandal-hit intelligence agency DAS in 2009, El Pais reported Tuesday. The cables show that then-U.S. Ambassador...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 22, 2011 | News
With Colombia’s October 2011 local elections approaching, bodies involved in the electoral process held a forum to discuss technological solutions to voter fraud, newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday. The deadline for...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 22, 2011 | News
A farmer in the northwest Colombian Antioquia department dies after an attack by Africanized bees, El Colombiano reported Tuesday. Juan Bautista Londoño Casteñeda, 64, was working trimming the brush from the banks of the El...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 21, 2011 | News
Colombian model and businesswoman Jeny Paola Acosta dies from multiples injuries caused by a fall from the sixth story of a building in the city of Ibague, reports newspaper El Espacio. Investigations will continue to determine...
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