US considering asylum request for convicted ex-minister: Colombia Prosecutor General
Colombia´s Prosecutor General Office confirmed Friday that Andres Felipe filed an asylum request...
Tag: Agro Ingreso Seguro
Convicted of corruption, Ex-Minister Arias seeks asylum in the US: media reports
Ex-Minister of Agriculture Andres Felipe Arias is currently in the United States seeking political...
Former Colombian minister found guilty of embezzling $25M
Colombia’s ex-Minister of Agriculture Andres Felipe Arias has been found guilty of...
Masked marchers protest corruption (photos)
Protesters in 22 cities around Colombia took to the streets in a “masked march” against corruption on Sunday. Colombian media reported hundreds of protesters assembled from Popayan to Cartagena, all dressed as thieves in black...
Brazilian firm involved in AIS scandal
A Colombian agricultural subsidy program, Agro Ingreso Seguro (AIS), which was accused of corruption last year, funded a Brazilian firm that fraudulently purchased 13,000 hectares of land, reports El Espectador. According to...
Scandal-hit subsidy scheme to relaunch
The AIS agricultural subsidy program, which was at the center of a corruption scandal last year, will restart in January 2011, Colombia’s Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo said Tuesday. Restrepo claims that the...
