Colombia’s prosecutor general has opened a preliminary investigation into former minister and current Conservative Party presidential hopeful Andres Felipe Arias for alleged corruption in the granting of agriculture subsidies, local…
The Colombian Prosecutor General’s Office called 87 people for questioning on allegedly fraudulently granted agricultural subsidies. The calls to cooperate with justie were sent to government officials, contracting companies and…
Federal agricultural subsidy program AIS was like a piñata party for drug traffickers, beauty queens and paramilitaries, Colombian opposition Liberal Party said Tuesday during a debate on irregularities in the…
Colombia’s Minister of Agriculture, Andres Fernandez, refused to resign on Tuesday amid a growing corruption scandal concerning subsidies paid by his Ministry to politically and economically powerful families. The Minister…
A group of 45 sponsors who contributed 549 million pesos (US$ 276,000) towards Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s presidential campaigns received 33 billion pesos (US$17 million) in agricultural subsidies in return, opposition…
Colombia’s former Agricultural Minister Andres Felipe Arias will submit a report regarding the benefits of the Agro Ingreso Seguro Program in a government debate to be held on October 27.…
Coca growers in the central Colombian department of Cundinamarca will receive U.S. financial support to switch to cultivating cocoa. Governor Andres Gonzalez Diaz announced the project after meeting with U.S.…
President Alvaro Uribe Thursday ordered the Ministry or Agriculture to nullify subsidies granted to rich families in the north of Colombia that caused controversy over the possibly involved corruption. Larg…
A series of campaign rounds for Colombia’s Free Trade Agreement with the European Union that began in February are due to culminate next month. This will then enable the agreement…