The pitfalls of Santos’ war on corruption
President Santos’s efforts to root out corruption seem genuine, but given the scale of the problem, they are also risky. As I have written in previous columns, I have been…
President Santos’s efforts to root out corruption seem genuine, but given the scale of the problem, they are also risky. As I have written in previous columns, I have been…
Agrarian Bank President Francisco Estupiñan announced that some of the subsidies given to Colombia’s flower growers went to businesses that are no longer in operation, reports W Radio. Flowers were…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday held a press conference, together with his cabinet, to look back at his first 100 days in office The president took office August…
Fondeliberdad director resigned Thursday and Santos ordered government intervention Friday in Fondeliberdad due allegations of corruption in the organization, reports Semana and Caracol Rado. Fondelibertad, a government body in…
Colombia’s Supreme Court calls journalist Daniel Coronel to testify in a corruption investigation against Senator Ivan Moreno, along with the legal director of Conalvias, a group contracted to work on the Bogota…
Colombian media group RCN released recordings of navy officers, arrested in October for allegedly being members of narco-trafficking group “Los Rastrojos,” apparently discussing deals with the drug gang. In the conversations, seven…
A Spanish NGO has accused Colombian intelligence agency DAS of illegally spying on a then-member of Spain’s parliament at a human rights conference in Colombia in 2004, El Mundo reported…
A taped conversation allegedly linking Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno to the fraudulent granting of public works contracts has been obtained by the newspaper El Tiempo and will be used in…
Former President Alvaro Uribe’s lawyer said Wednesday that the testimony of former DAS deputy director Martha Leal before the Congress Accusations Committee proves Uribe was not involved in illegal wiretapping,…