Posted by Travis Mannon | Jul 6, 2011 | News
A circuit judge sentenced one officer and seven soldiers each to 60 years in prison on Wednesday for the murder of four farmers in Antioquia. In March 2006, the soldiers pulled the men from their homes and shot them in their...
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The minister of education announced Wednesday that the government will nearly double the budget for higher education. In a meeting with the Colombian Association of Universities (ASCUN) and the State University System (SUE),...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jul 6, 2011 | News
Bogota police deployed their bomb squad Wednesday after finding three flags of the left-wing guerrilla group ELN around the city, Colombia media reported. Authorities held up traffic for hours during Bogota residents’...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jul 5, 2011 | News
A former official of the Social Security Institute (ISS) was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud and extortion, Colombia media reported Tuesday. Omar Rojas Niño was fraudulently contracted as an economist to assess the...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jul 5, 2011 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos signed into law on Tuesday the Maternity Leave Act, which will extend maternity leaves from 12 to 14 weeks. Previously, women were given 12 paid weeks off after the birth of their child. The new law...
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