Posted by Travis Mannon | Jul 29, 2011 | News
Suspended Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno did not show up for his first day in court for a public works corruption scandal, Colombian media reported. The trial was scheduled to start Friday at 7:30AM but Moreno’s lawyer...
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Former Mayor Enrique Peñalosa was statistically tied with independent candidate Gustavo Petro in the latest poll for the Bogota mayoral race, various media reported Friday. Although Peñalosa leads Petro by 2.5 points in the most...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jul 29, 2011 | News
The inspector general suspended all 17 council members in Tunja, a city in the central Colombian department of Boyaca for irregularities in a 2008 election, RCN Radio reported. In the election for the city ombudsman, the...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jul 28, 2011 | News
Commander of the Colombian Armed Forces Admiral Edgar Cely assured the indigenous people of Colombia that his new mountain task force in Cauca is not an occupation, various media reported Thursday. Addressing calls from the...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jul 28, 2011 | News
Less than a third of Bogotanos think things are going well in their city, according to a recent poll conducted by the research group IPSOS – Napoleon Franco. Colombian media reported that the poll found only 32% of...
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