Colombia’s congress elects untainted fiscal watchdog and marginalizes Uribe
The election of Colombia’s new comptroller general, an untainted technocrat, brutally showed...
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‘They are stealing everything’: Colombia’s comptroller general
Colombia’s outgoing comptroller general said Wednesday that his office found $4.8 billion...
Corrupt officials in Colombia stole ‘$13 billion, including children’s lunch money, last year’
Corrupt officials have embezzled more than $13 billion from Colombia’s regional budgets,...
Former Comptroller General flees Colombia within hours of term ending
Colombia’s outgoing Comptroller General has fled her country, claiming she is facing trumped...
In bid to end corruption controversy, Colombia’s fiscal watchdog seeks new $150M headquarters
Colombia’s Comptroller General, has sought a new $150 million headquarters in central Bogota...
Govt watchdog candidates ‘involved in too many scandals’: Colombia congresswoman
A Green Alliance Party congresswoman is pushing a blank vote in protest of the current...
Colombia’s land agency illegally sold State properties: comptroller
Large-scale misallocations of Colombia’s “forgotten territories” have caught the...
Comptroller to investigate $5.6M contracts signed by ousted Bogota mayor’s office
Bogota’s district comptroller will investigate over 200 service contracts with a total value...
Bogota drug treatment program slammed by watchdog
A Bogota initiative designed to treat impoverished drug addicts in the Colombian capital has come...
Colombia comptroller overstepped authority: citizens’ group
Colombia’s Comptroller General was accused of overstepping her authority by not allowing “men over the age of 58 and women over 48-years to work in public office,” said a citizens’ watchdog Wednesday. The...
Ecopetrol making risky investments: Comptroller
Colombia’s fiscal watchdog accused Ecopetrol of making risky investments in tax havens, reported local media Thursday. Ecopetrol, one of Colombia’s most prominent state-owned energy corporations, has reportedly been making risky...
Colombia’s comptroller flees country after finding coffin in office
Colombia’s Comptroller General Sandra Morelli has fled the country after finding a coffin containing her picture in her office, according to newspaper El Espectador. Morelli revealed that an international invitation...
