EU gives Colombia $75M in aid
The European Union gave Colombia over $75 million (€55 million Euros) in aid to finance land restitution, peacebuilding, and rural development. Five cooperation agreements, aimed towards financing the peace agenda…
The European Union gave Colombia over $75 million (€55 million Euros) in aid to finance land restitution, peacebuilding, and rural development. Five cooperation agreements, aimed towards financing the peace agenda…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court established a special health commission to set parameters for the government to reform Colombia’s ailing healthcare system. According to El Tiempo, the three judges that make up…
Colombia was awarded its best ranking yet in the United Nations’ 2011 Human Development Index, but is also recognized for its exceptional inequality. Overall, Colombia ranked 87 out of 187…
Colombia will feel the pain of Greece’s ongoing debt crisis that has affected markets worldwide, the South American country’s finance minister said Tuesday. Caracol Radio quoted Minister Juan Carlos Echeverry…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos asked Tuesday for an investigation into possible electoral fraud in Sunday’s Valle del Cauca’s governor. “There have been many allegations of possible fraud.” Santos said,…
The United Nations called on Colombia Tuesday to investigate allegations that “false victims” collected compensation for a 1997 paramilitary massacre. A U.N. statement released Tuesday condemned the “fraudulent use of…
Colombian authorities open an investigation into former Minister of Social Protection Diego Palacio and former Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata over the alleged embezzlement of public health funds by health…
Medellin Mayor-elect Anibal Gaviria explained to Colombian media Wednesday that he remained confident throughout his “tough campaign” that he would defeat opponent Luis Perez in the Medellin mayoral race. “Frankly…
Five out of Colombia’s seven major cities handed their mayor’s office over to a progressive candidate in the elections October 30. Progressives secured the mayorships in Bogota, Medellin, Cartagena, Bucaramanga…