Posted by Scott Kobewka | Dec 7, 2010 | News
After meeting with President Juan Manuel Santos in New York, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loaned $350 million to Colombia to rebuild housing damaged by this year’s rainy season,reports a press release. IDB...
Read MorePosted by Scott Kobewka | Dec 3, 2010 | News
A Colombian agricultural subsidy program, Agro Ingreso Seguro (AIS), which was accused of corruption last year, funded a Brazilian firm that fraudulently purchased 13,000 hectares of land, reports El Espectador. According to...
Read MorePosted by Scott Kobewka | Dec 2, 2010 | News
Colombia announced Wednesday that Fernando Arboleda Ripoll will become Colombia’s ambassador to Ecuador. “[Arboleda] was president of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, a well known lawyer, and has had a...
Read MorePosted by Scott Kobewka | Nov 30, 2010 | News
Simón Zimmer was born in Bogota, Colombia, but was adopted by a German family who lived in Columbia, Maryland, in the U.S. “To be honest,” Zimmer told Colombia Reports, “I never thought much about Colombia...
Read MorePosted by Scott Kobewka | Nov 26, 2010 | News
Jamie Blanco Maya, the brother of Colombia’s former Inspector General Edgardo Maya, was called for questioning by a human right prosecutor in relation to the murder of two unionists working for multinational coal company...
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