Posted by Marguerite Cawley | Jun 2, 2011 | News
The global war on drugs has “failed” and it is time to explore the option of legalizing, according to a new commission involving former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria and various other former heads of state. A...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Jun 2, 2011 | News
Former Colombian Congressman Jose Gerardo Piamba was arrested Wednesday on court orders for involvement in a housing fraud scandal in the Cauca department, local media reported. The Supreme Court of Justice had ordered...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Jun 2, 2011 | News
Colombia’s House of Representatives has chosen June 16 as a date for former President Alvaro Uribe to testify regarding the wiretapping scandal that occurred under his administration. House members confirmed that on that...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Jun 1, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Victims Law was passed Wednesday by a plenary session of Congress, meaning that final presidential approval is the only step left in finalizing the “historic” piece of legislation. “The...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Jun 1, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday that the deadly 1996 FARC attack on the Las Delicias military base was in part facilitated by the precarious state of the army at the time of the attack. Regarding the...
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