Posted by Stephen Manker | Jul 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Medellin music festival “La Fiesta del Callejon” promises to offer a night of eclectic urban music in the city’s botanical gardens on June 16. La Fiesta del Callejon, or “back alley party,” is an...
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Former navy Colonel Luis Fernando Borja Giraldo was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 years in prison for the murder of civilians to inflate military kill counts. Giraldo pleaded guilty to homicide charges, and consequentially...
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Ten officials from Colombia’s tax authority DIAN were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of embezzling billions of dollars from tax payers. El Tiempo reported earlier that day that Colombia’s Prosecutor General Office...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Manker | Jul 13, 2011 | Economy
Illegal mining accounts for nearly one billion pesos ($600,000) in lost royalties and tax revenue in Colombia, reported business newspaper Portafolio Wednesday. According to Cesar Diaz Guerrero, executive director of the...
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Colombian tax officials have been stealing $4 billion a year by claiming false VAT returns, reported newspaper El Tiempo Wednesday. According to the newspaper, the country’s prosecutor general’s office has already...
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