Posted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 6, 2011 | News
A Barranquilla judge sentenced two of the city’s former mayors to four years house arrest for embezzlement Wednesday. Guillermo Hoenigsberg and Bernardo Hoyos were convicted for the misappropriation of funds on public...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 6, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s consumer prices rose 0.31% in September compared to the month before, the country’s statistics agency announced Wednesday. According to statistics agency DANE, prices have risen 3.73% since September 2010....
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 5, 2011 | News
Enrique Peñalosa, a Green Party candidate in the Bogota mayoral race backed by ex-President Alvaro Uribe, said Wednesday that the former leader would have no part in his administration. Peñalosa told press “I will count on the...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 5, 2011 | News
Prosecutors on Wednesday request the maximum sentence to be issued against a retired army general for his alleged role in a paramilitary murder. The sentence would fetch 25 to 40 years in prison for the controversial retired...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 5, 2011 | News
Colombian prosecutors will travel to the U.S. to question an extradited drug lord about the alleged role of former President Ernesto Samper in the 1995 assassination of a Conservative Party leader. With the testimony of the...
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