Posted by Miriam Wells | Feb 15, 2012 | News
The former AUC commander Salvatore Mancuso told the Colombian Supreme Court Wednesday that influencing presidential elections was the paramilitaries’ main objective, reported newspaper El Espectador. Speaking via videolink...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Feb 15, 2012 | Lite
Poor old Laura Acuña gets another rapping from the fashion police. This little lady, who’s so sweet and not-at-all-crazy that she pretended to be a mega-bitch on tape in order to punish a rival TV channel for saying nasty...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Feb 15, 2012 | News
The ombudsman of a north-eastern Colombian town said Wednesday more than 55 human rights defenders and their relatives there had been forcibly displaced by guerrillas in one week. Jhon Fredy Acevedo says illegal groups, mainly...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Feb 14, 2012 | News
Victims of a Colombian pyramid scheme that swindled profits of more than $5 million are to receive 65 cents each as compensation, reported newspaper La Nacion Tuesday. The sale of assets from fraudulent company C&C Business...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Feb 14, 2012 | News
Colombia’s attempts to connect its poorer citizens to the internet have been recognized at the Global Mobile Awards. The Andean nation is a favorite in the category of government leaders in the promotion of social use of...
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