The company of Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos’ former campaign manager, who admitted to accepting illegal campaign funds, has been granted $17.5 million in government contracts since Santos’ stained 2010 election. This was…
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Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos between 2010 en 2011 granted contracts with a total value of $345,000 to the family business of his former campaign manager, who has admitted to funneling illegal…
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The 2010 campaign of Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos, already investigated for receiving illegal funds from bribery-stained multinational Odebrecht, also received funds from an investment company that embezzled hundreds of millions of dollars, according…
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Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos’ 2010 campaign received a donation from a businessman who has been investigated for money laundering, according to Semana columnist Daniel Coronell. Santos received campaign donation from…
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President Juan Manuel Santos’s re-election sends a “clear message” that Colombia has moved away from hardline militaristic politics, according to the FARC rebel group, the country’s largest. Santos re-election sends…
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A weekend-long prohibition on alcohol took force in Colombia on Saturday as citizens prepare themselves to vote for the country’s fiercely contested presidential elections on Sunday. Colombia enacts alcohol ban,…
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An electoral delegation from the Organization of American States (OAS) arrived in Colombia on Wednesday to monitor the upcoming presidential elections, according to local media reports. Foreign observers begin monitoring…
Colombia’s electoral authority CNE announced on Thursday it had opened a formal investigated into illegal funding of President Juan Manuel Santos’ 2010 election campaign by Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht. The investigation…
The head of Colombia’s electoral body announced that the results of the first round of presidential elections should be declared between 8PM and 10PM Sunday evening, local media reported on…
Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos has said that he will take legal action if ex president Alvaro Uribe does not produce evidence to back up his claims that Santos used…