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Colombian state loses $551M through lawsuits in 2010

A report released by the General Accounting Office revealed that the state paid out COP1.1 trillion ($551 million) in 2010 as a result of court rulings against it, El Espectador reported Thursday. The state bodies that lost the...

State to pay out for deadly air crash ‘negligence’

The Council of State has ordered the Ministry of Defense and the civil aviation authority to compensate the family of a soldier who died in a plane crash over 20 years ago, El Espectador reported Thursday. Ricardo Aldana Medina,...

Cordoba seeks $44K compensation for dismissal

Former Senator Piedad Cordoba is demanding $44,436 compensation from the state for what she claims was her unfair dismissal by the Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez, RCN Radio reported Friday. The controversial ex-senator was...

Division between parties over Victims Law

The Liberal Party and President Juan Manuel Santos’ Partido de la U fail to reach a consensus over the draft bill of the Victims Law. The draft was tabled for discussion before the first commission of the Senate with...

Govt to give $52M to victims of violence

Around COP100 billion ($52 million) will be given to victims of violence in Colombia as part of the “solidarity allowance” plan by presidential agency Accion Social. Over 11,000 victims of violence in 29 departments...

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