Former employees confirm Uribe’s brother led death squad
Former employees of Santago Uribe, the brother of former President Alvaro Uribe, have confirmed alleged ties between the rancher and a death squad accused of more than 500 homicides. Spanish…
Former employees of Santago Uribe, the brother of former President Alvaro Uribe, have confirmed alleged ties between the rancher and a death squad accused of more than 500 homicides. Spanish…
Colombia’s authorities are preparing for a possible rupture of the country’s largest hydro-electric dam. Whether builders can finish Hidroituango, the hydro-electric dam that was supposed to provide 20% of Colombia’s…
Medellin will likely have to cut expenses to mitigate the consequences of energy company EPM’s struggle to deliver a $4 billion hydroelectric dam, according to the city’s finance secretary. The…
Despite major human achievements, landslides and tremors never felt before perpetuate fear that Colombia’s largest dam could burst. Earth movements across Saturday and Monday posed enough of a threat to…
Prosecution officials have arrested the former assassins chief of late drug lord Pablo Escobar, the mayor of Medellin announced Friday. John Jairo Velasquez, a.k.a. “Popeye” was arrested in Colombia’s second…
Three towns were evacuated downstream from Colombia’s largest dam on Monday amid fears that the unexpected release of a valve could cause flash floods. The towns of Valdivia, Taraza and…
Finishing Colombia’s largest dam is the only way to prevent its collapse.
Colombia’s chief prosecutor said Thursday that he is investigating possible corruption at EPM after the public utilities company admitted that the country’s largest dam could break. The $4 billion Hidroituango…
The director of disgraced energy company EPM told Colombian media on Thursday that the country’s largest hydroelectric dam could burst. Jorge Londoño conceded that it is “difficult to answer if…