Ex-ambassador banned from public office for bribery
Colombia’s former ambassador to Rome, Sabas Pretelt de la Vega, will be prohibited from holding public office for twelve years for bribing congressmen to support the 2006 re-election of former…
Colombia’s former ambassador to Rome, Sabas Pretelt de la Vega, will be prohibited from holding public office for twelve years for bribing congressmen to support the 2006 re-election of former…
The Colombian Prosecutor General’s Office opened an inquiry Thursday into Supreme Court magistrate Luis Javier Osorio’s claim that attempts were made to buy his vote in the election of a new prosecutor…
In footage broadcast by news network Al Jazeera, FARC leader Guillermo Saenz alias “Alfonso Cano” proposed a dialogue with the incoming administration of President-elect Juan Manuel Santos. Cano said the FARC…
Following the national celebration of Colombia’s bicentenary of independence in the department’s capital, Choco’s former governor Patrocinio Sanchez de Occa urged the department to demand its independence from Colombia. According to Sanchez, “Choco…
Colombia’s Supreme Court sentenced former Conservative Party Senator Alirio Villamizar to nine years and nine months in jail for extortion, after he pressured a notary official to give him money in…
President Alvaro Uribe gave his stamp of approval for the reinstatement of Valle Governor Juan Carlos Abadia to office, newspaper El Tiempo reported Friday. “With this [decree], Mr. Juan Carlos…
The former governor of Valle, Juan Carlos Abadia, who in May was suspended from holding public office for ten years, will reassume his post as governor on Tuesday after the department’s…
Colombian Presidential candidates Juan Manuel Santos and Antanas Mockus clashed on the topics of corruption and justice, during a live televised presidential debate Thursday evening. Corruption Aspiring Green Party candidate…
Although Antanas Mockus’ anti-corruption platform helped him gain a large following, it also scared Colombia’s corrupt political establishment into taking action against him. The resulting onslaught, combined with Mockus’ own…