Posted by Stephen Manker | Jul 19, 2011 | News
Of the 13 arrested tax workers accused in a multi-million dollar tax embezzlement scandal, only one has pleaded guilty to all charges, reported Caracol Radio Tuesday. Sandra Liliana Rojas, an accountant who worked for one of the...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Manker | Jul 19, 2011 | News
Inocencio Melendez, a lawyer for the Bogota Urban Development Institute (IDU) will be a key witness in the corruption case against suspended Mayor Samuel Moreno, according to the pre-agreement he signed with the prosecutor...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Manker | Jul 19, 2011 | News
A grenade attack in Santa Marta, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, killed one man and injured a women on Monday evening, various media reported. According to local media, two men on motorcycles threw a grenade near the house...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Manker | Jul 19, 2011 | News
Malnutrition in Colombia is most prevalent in the countryside, the country’s minister of agriculture reportedly said Monday. Agricultural Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo identified two reasons for which these areas continue...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Manker | Jul 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
Medellin music festival “La Fiesta del Callejon” was postponed Saturday due to low ticket sales. The music festival’s director, Gabriel Lopez, told Colombia Reports that the “causes of the postponement...
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