Colombia’s State Council gave the order to compensate a former military leader for spending four years in prison over paramilitary links even though he cooperated with the authorities, according to…
Colombia’s finance minister said Wednesday that the 2012 government budget will include around $1.1 billion (COP 2 trillion) towards implementing the new Victims Law, Caracol Radio reported. According to Finance…
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…
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…
Alan Jara, former governor of the Meta department, is seeking more than $4 million (COP 8 billion) compensation from the state for the time he spent as a FARC hostage between 2001…
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…
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…
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 an interview with a French newspaper, former-hostage Ingrid Betancourt justified the $6.5 million compensation request she made against the Colombian state in July for failing to prevent her kidnapping,…