“Popeye” called for questioning 32 years after Medellin Cartel assassinated newspaper director
Thirty-two years after the Medellin Cartel assassinated legendary newspaper director Guillermo...
Tag: El Espectador
Documentary short highlights social costs of coal mining in northern Colombia
Three decades of coal mining in northern Colombia have had devastating effects in two states in...
Reports on Pablo Escobar ‘damage his good name’
The family of Pablo Escobar sued Colombian television network Caracol and newspaper El Espectador because a hit TV series based on the late drug lord’s life and articles published about him “damaged Escobar’s...
El Espectador Stratfor’s only media informant in Colombia: Wikileaks
Newspaper El Espectador was U.S. intelligence company Stratfor’s only media informant in Colombia, files released by Wikileaks showed. According to the leaked files, the newspaper signed an intelligence-sharing deal in...
Authorities launch manhunt after narcotrafficker threatens journalist
Medellin authorities have targeted Henry de Jesus Lopez, alias “Mi Sangre,” after he allegedly sent death threats to a journalist. Mary Luz Avendaño, a journalist for El Espectador, received threats from Mi Sangre...
El Espectador to publish WikiLeaks cables weekly
The director of Colombian newspaper El Espectador, Fidel Cano, spoke with La F.M. on Monday about receiving 16,000 cables from WikiLeaks. Cano confirmed El Espectador’s report on Sunday that he now has in his possession...
El Espectador receives 16,000 WikiLeaks cables
Whistleblower website WikiLeaks gave Colombian newspaper El Espectador 16,000 leaked diplomatic cables, which the newspaper will publish over the coming few months. According to the newspaper, it had received cables from...
Santos is Person of the Year: Colombian media
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was named as Colombia’s Person of the Year by newspaper El Tiempo. Santos has managed to mend diplomatic tensions with Ecuador and Venezuela and also resolved internal conflicts at...
