Posted by James Bargent | Sep 27, 2011 | News
A Colombian congresswoman has criticized the Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) following a report by La Semana into indigenous children dying of starvation in central Colombia. The La Semana report detailed how infant mortality...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Sep 27, 2011 | News
Local politicians have called for military reinforcements to regain control of the troubled town of Tumaco in southwest Colombia. Antonio Navarro Wolf, the governor of Nariño, the department where Tumaco is located, told RCN...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Sep 27, 2011 | News
The Colombian vice president announced Monday he will ask the head of the police to reduce his personal security in the wake of accusations that the DAS infiltrated his team. Angelino Garzon told the media he thought his nearly...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Sep 27, 2011 | News
The president of Congress has issued a public apology Monday after being heavily criticized for arguing his salary was not enough to cover transport costs. Coming at a time when it was revealed members of Congress earn 20 times...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Sep 27, 2011 | News
A landslide killed a family of six on Monday when it buried their house following heavy rains in the north of Colombia. The mother, father and four children were at home in the municipality of Angostura, 50 miles north of...
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