Land Restitution
Colombia has implemented a law allowing displaced farmers to reclaim their land. However, dozens who have tried were killed by illegal armed groups.
Colombia has implemented a law allowing displaced farmers to reclaim their land. However, dozens who have tried were killed by illegal armed groups.
The Colombian government Tuesday presented a bill, coined the Land Restitution Law, before Congress that seeks to return land to farmers displaced by the Andean nation’s internal conflict. Colombian Minister…
The Colombian government will present a bill to Congress on Friday proposing that mayors and governors be eligible to run for a second term in office. Minister for the Interior…
A proposal to restrict the publication of sexually provocative images in the Colombian media is drawing criticism, with opponents labeling the initiative a threat to freedom of the press. Partido de la U…
The outgoing administration of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Monday presented a bill to the nation’s House of Representatives proposing that the role of selecting the country’s prosecutor general be transfered…
In the wake of the legalization of gay marriage in Argentina Thursday, Senator Piedad Cordoba hopes to draw up a gay marriage bill for Colombia. The Liberal Party senator is…
President Alvaro Uribe proposes that the power to elect Colombia’s prosecutor general be transfered from the Supreme Court to the head of state. “I think that one of the reforms…
Adriana Carvajal, the director of local energy provider Emcali, on Tuesday threatened eight hospitals in the Colombia’s southern Valle del Cauca department with legal action, if the institutions do not…
The Colombian Supreme Court will use the Constitutional Court’s ruling on Colombian President Alvaro Uribe’s re-election referendum to advance proceedings against the 86 Congressmen who voted in favor of the…