Posted by Kathryn Thompson | Apr 12, 2011 | News
Over $9 billion was poured into military expenditure by the Colombian government in 2010, a report from a Swedish think tank found. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s annual report showed that military...
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Colombia’s former vice minister of Agriculture was sent to jail for his part in the AIS agriculture subsidy scandal that saw wealthy land and business owners receive large payments intended for needy rural farmers,...
Read MorePosted by Kathryn Thompson | Apr 11, 2011 | Culture
Colombian singer Aiko has been chosen out of hundreds of Latin American artists to perform at the Billboard Latin American Conference on April 25, reported music news site Farandula. The Bogota native will be representing...
Read MorePosted by Kathryn Thompson | Apr 11, 2011 | Economy
Spanish companies will become vital investors in Colombian infrastructure projects stated Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday after his meeting with the Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. In his...
Read MorePosted by Kathryn Thompson | Apr 11, 2011 | News
$2.47 million worth of counterfeit American bills were seized from a clandestine money printing factory in Bogota, reported Radio Santa Fe. The Prosecutor General’s Office announced on Monday that their investigative body,...
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