Posted by Natalie Dalton | Oct 12, 2011 | News
Colombian former congressman for the Caldas department, Juan Pablo Sanchez, was found guilty Wednesday of having links to illegal armed groups and has been sentenced to seven years in prison, reported newspaper El Espectador....
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A Colombian council member in the central city of Armenia drove drunk on Tuesday night and crashed, leaving two people seriously injured, reported La F.M. Radio. The accident occurred on the road leading from Armenia to the...
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Colombia’s Senate rejected the constitutional reform Wednesday, proposed by the Conservative Party, that sought to ban all cases of abortion in the country. The First Commission of the Senate, after various days of...
Read MorePosted by Natalie Dalton | Oct 12, 2011 | Culture
Caracol’s television series “Operacion Jaque” (Operation Checkmate) has been nominated for an International Emmy Award for “Best TV Movie/Mini-Series,” a first for the TV film industry in Colombia....
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Ex-senator Piedad Cordoba was called Tuesday before a congressional investigative committee to clarify her accusations that President Juan Manuel Santos was involved in an assassination plot against her. The legal proceedings,...
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