Posted by Matt Snyder | Jul 21, 2011 | News
A candidate for this fall’s Bogota mayoral race criticized the management of funds by two government bodies meant to improve the lives of children Thursday. Mayoral candidate Carlos Galan expressed his concerns about a...
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The hacker group “Anonymous” on Wednesday took control of the Facebook page of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the Twitter account of ex-President Alvaro Uribe, and caused a shut-down the website for...
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A government program has encouraged farmers to substitute cocoa and other products for coca, the raw ingredient of cocaine. Diego Aponte, the presidential advisor and director of Social Action, announced that of the 300,000...
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The FARC are suspected to be involved with a highway attack and bombing in the Cauca department during Colombia’s Independence Day, reported weekly magazine Semana. Eight alleged FARC guerrillas ambushed police traveling...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 20, 2011 | News
Prosecutors issued arrest warrants Wednesday for five more Colombians suspected of embezzling billions of dollars in taxes. Andrea Botina Botero, Diana Marcela Ramos, Antonio Ramon Angulo, and Fernardo Vargas Quinceno will be...
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