Posted by Sarah Kinosian | Mar 29, 2012 | News
Barack Obama might swear in a newly restored plaza in Cartagena as part of the opening events for the Summit of the Americas, to take place in the city April 14 and 15, reported local media Wednesday. “We already spoke to the...
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Colombian congress officials expressed concern that legislative procedures will be slowed should the parapolitics trial of former Prosector General Luis Camilo Osorio go ahead. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Simon...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Mar 28, 2012 | News
Colombian criminals wanted for extradition should serve sentences at home before being sent abroad, says the country’s Justice Minister Juan Carlos Esguerra. Some Colombian prisoners extradited to the U.S. are being given...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Mar 28, 2012 | News
The Colombian Government has offered to train West African countries to combat organized crime, particularly drug trafficking and money laundering, reported local media Tuesday. Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maria Angela...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Mar 27, 2012 | News
Colombian union members condemned the European Union’s endorsement of a Free Trade Agreement with Colombia Tuesday, citing violence against labor unionists in the country. Carlos Olaya Rodriguez and Jorge Mejia Diez from the...
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