Posted by Manuela Kuehr | Dec 9, 2010 | News
Girls of 13 and 14 years of age are being exploited by sex tourists in Bogota, according to a report from La Fundacion Renacer y Esperanza and the District Institute of Tourism. On the streets, sex with minors is promoted...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Dec 9, 2010 | News
Several executives of the multinational oil company Ocensa are under investigation in connection with the kidnapping of a unionist and their alleged ties to paramilitaries, Noticias Uno reported Thursday. Unionist Gilberto Edgar...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Dec 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
Medellin’s second Women and the Arts Festival, which opens Thursday, aims to strengthen women’s role in art and culture through painting, sculpture and performance workshops. The Medellin mayor invites all artists...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Dec 7, 2010 | News
Three soldiers have been sentenced to 40 years in prison for murdering two minors and reporting them as members of a criminal gang, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. The judge found Jamie Alonso Pinto Colenarse, Carlos Mario...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Dec 7, 2010 | News
The Inspector General’s Office on Monday appealed against the Superior Tribunal of Bogota’s decision to sentence former paramilitary Jorge Ivan Laverde Zapata, alias “El Iguano,” to only eight years in...
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