Posted by Jet van Dijck | Jun 6, 2012 | News
Bogota municipal cabinet members offered their resignation at the request of Mayor Gustavo Petro Wednesday. Petro denied on Twitter that his government was in crisis, insisting that he is only restructuring his administration....
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Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has proposed a carbon tax to be paid by companies who pollute the environment, local media reported. Santos proposed to include the carbon tax in the tax reform bill that will be...
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Colombia is the most dangerous country in the world for trade union workers, according to a report from the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The document shows that in 2011 at least 76 union workers around the...
Read MorePosted by Jet van Dijck | Jun 5, 2012 | News
Colombian authorities found no irregularities in the contracts with Canal Capital for Paul McCartney’s concert broadcast in April, local media reported Tuesday. In a 17-page document, the Inspector General’s Office...
Read MorePosted by Jet van Dijck | Jun 5, 2012 | News
A Colombian criminal court convicted seven army officials for the murder of another soldier, W Radio reported Tuesday. According to the court, the men killed the newly-recruited soldier, dressed him as a guerilla in order to...
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