Posted by Narayan Buckley | Jan 24, 2013 | News
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday denied accusations that the government is providing free housing to the poor as a cynical vote-buying tactic ahead of the 2014 presidential elections. “Some of the...
Read MorePosted by Narayan Buckley | Jan 23, 2013 | News
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos on Wendesday commended the work of a new government study aimed at increasing government efficiency by targeting obsolete laws for elimination. “I congratulate the Minister [of...
Read MorePosted by Narayan Buckley | Jan 23, 2013 | News
An indigenous organization has denounced Colombia’s largest left-wing guerrilla group, FARC, for allegedly assassinating an indigenous leader. The association of indigenous councils of Northern Cauca (ACIN) have, in an...
Read MorePosted by Narayan Buckley | Jan 23, 2013 | News
According to the national coroner’s office, there were 4,118 reported cases of sexual abuse in Colombia’s capital city of Bogota in 2012, 3,357 of which were against girls or women. Bogota’s government...
Read MorePosted by Narayan Buckley | Jan 23, 2013 | News
The violent deaths of 105 minors have already been recorded in only the first 21 days of the year, marking a heart wrenching start to 2013. “We have recorded that in the first 21 days [of 2013] there have been 105 cases of...
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