Posted by Toni Peters | Nov 17, 2011 | News
A former paramilitary chief testified he met with former Senator Ivan Moreno Rojas, currently awaiting trial in jail for his alleged role in the Bogota public works corruption scandal. Former paramilitary chief Ivan Roberto...
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Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos Wednesday told the new FARC leader alias “Timochenko” to “reflect” or meet the same fate as his killed predecessor. In a speech directed to the new supreme...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Nov 16, 2011 | Economy
Negotiations for a free trade agreement between Colombia and Japan to start this week, said Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos. Claudia Sanmiguel, subdirector of the Colombia Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry,...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Nov 16, 2011 | News
Colombian police have captured the nephew of imprisoned drug lord, alias “Don Diego,” in a city in Colombia’s Coffee Region, newspaper El Espectador reported on Wednesday. According to authorities, Rigoberto...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Nov 16, 2011 | Culture
A bronze sculpture by famed Colombian artist Fernando Botero was sold for $1.7 million at Christie’s auction house in New York on Wednesday. The sculpture “Bailarines” (Dancers) by the renown Medellin-born...
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