Posted by Samuel Thomson | Apr 1, 2011 | News
A former congresswoman has been paid more than $250,000 in compensation for the salary and benefits she did not receive during the seven years she was held captive by the FARC, Colombian media reported on Thursday. A Bogota...
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A Bogota judge has announced that the more than $100 million (200 billion COP) seized in five operations in the capital last year can be spent by the government, El Espectador reported Friday. $80 million and 17 million Euros in...
Read MorePosted by Samuel Thomson | Mar 31, 2011 | Economy
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos finds U.S. demands on tougher labor protections in his country not only reasonable but actively desirable, he told U.S. television network Bloomberg Thursday. “We have no problem signing or...
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A Google Colombia study has found that Colombians prefer viewing online media content over watching television, website Enter.co reported Wednesday. The poll of 484 people in cities around the country, commissioned by Google and...
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Colombia’s record on human rights is inconsistent but there are reasons to be optimistic under the new government, according the British Foreign Office. In its 2010 global report on human rights, the British Foreign Office...
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