Posted by Sarah Kinosian | Apr 30, 2012 | News
Colombian authorities have extended a law banning firearms in Bogota for three months. The original ban, which had a trial period of 90 days starting February 1 of this year, prohibited any citizen from carrying a gun on the...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Apr 30, 2012 | News
Hired assassins shot and killed a former mayor in the central Colombia department of Santander Sunday, reported local media. The gunmen arrived at the estate of Deogracias Pinzon Suarez, former mayor of Enciso, shot him in the...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Apr 27, 2012 | News
A Colombian government study revealed high levels of drug use among students, local media reported Thursday. According to officials, the report demonstrates that the Andean nation is increasingly becoming a drug-consuming...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Apr 26, 2012 | News
A governor charged with embezzlement in southwest Colombia has been removed from her post and banned from holding public office for eleven years. Cielo Gonzalez, a member of the country’s ruling U Party, was found guilty...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Apr 26, 2012 | News
Colombia’s ambassador to the U.S. Gabriel Silva asked the White House for a new and more meaningful apology for the Secret Service sex scandal, reported Colombian daily El Tiempo Silva contacted the White House to request...
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