Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed Wednesday his government will propose a law making illegal mining a crime. The Santos administration will issue two executive decrees and support a bill…
A tax reform proposed by the Colombian government will benefit corporations at the expense of the country’s lower and middle classes, a leading opposition senator said. According to Polo Democratico…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos lied about his proposed tax reform, according to Senator Jorge Robledo Thursday. Santos lied to the Colombian public when he asserted, “those who earn less…
Colombia’s government is persecuting small-scale, informal miners “as if they were criminals, to clear their territories for the multinational mining companies,” said opposition Senator Jorge Enrique Robledo.
Colombian Senator Jorge Robledo has proposed that the government meet to discuss the rejection of a plan to construct a seven-star mega hotel in Colombia’s Tayrona National Park, on the…
Senator Jorge Robledo says that hidden amongst the articles of President Santos’ National Development Plan are a number of measures that are harmful to citizens reported Caracol Radio. The senator said…
British NGO teams up with Colombian campaigners to oppose the EU-Colombia free trade agreement. Justice for Colombia (JFC), a group that campaigns for workers’ rights in the Latin American nation,…