Posted by James Bargent | Sep 5, 2011 | News
The gubernatorial election in Antioquia looks set to be a tight two-way race between Green Party candidate Sergio Fajardo and Conservative Alvaro Vasquez, according to the latest opinion poll. The poll, commissioned by the...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Sep 5, 2011 | News
Assets seized from demobilized paramilitaries that are supposed to fund reparations for victims have been sold for very low sums, without authorization or not at all, according to an investigation by Caracol Radio. The report...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Sep 5, 2011 | Tourism
Colombia received 12.3% more foreign visitors in the first six months of 2011 than in the same period last year, said the country’s trade minister this weekend. According to Trade Minister Sergio Diaz-Granado, national...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Sep 5, 2011 | News
The demolition “El Cartucho”, a street that dominated Bogota’s street-level drug dealing, has only succeeded in displacing the problem into new areas of the city, a study revealed. El Cartucho was bulldozed to make way for...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Sep 2, 2011 | News
An NGO has released a report condemning Colombia’s human rights record as part of a series of articles analysing the relationship between anti-terrorism policies and human rights since the September 11 terrorist attacks. The...
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