Colombia’s former senate president won a lawsuit against the State and is tentatively set to receive close to $440 thousand as compensation for two years he was held hostage by rebel group ELN. According to local media,...
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office will investigate the country’s Congress for its handling of a controversial justice reform initiative, that was initially passed and then scrapped. The preliminary...
Colombia’s controversial justice reform bill has been finally killed by Congress following a painful process that has spread distrust between the legislative body and the government. The reform, which aimed to streamline...
Colombia’s State Council upheld a lawsuit against current Senate President Juan Manuel Corzo for using his political position to influence the 2007 election of the head of a state-backed development organization in...
Colombia’s ruling political group, the U Party, selected Senator Roy Barreras to serve as Senate President, local media reported Wednesday. Barreras, elected by 16 votes to opponent Jorge Eduardo Gechem’s 10, denied...
Colombia’s Senate president called on the international community Monday to continue seeking the legalization of drugs “on an international level,” despite U.S. resistance. Juan Manuel Corzo made the...
The president of Colombia’s Senate is lending his name to fraudulent “free transport” permits being sold to the public, the former president of the body claimed Tuesday. It’s alleged the fake permits,...
Colombia’s Supreme Court has begun an investigation into Senate President Juan Manuel Corzo for corruption and nepotism. According to reports by Colombian media, the Senate president allegedly used his position and...
Colombia’s Senate president, Juan Manuel Corzo, publicly apologized to the country Wednesday for complaining that his monthly salary of $11,500 was not enough for him to be able to fill up his two cars with petrol. Corzo...
The president of Congress has issued a public apology Monday after being heavily criticized for arguing his salary was not enough to cover transport costs. Coming at a time when it was revealed members of Congress earn 20 times...
Opponents of Juan Manuel Corzo have created a special 190,000 peso ($103) bill in honor of Colombia’s Senate President who says that that amount is enough for a Colombian family to live off for a month, reported Caracol...
Members of Colombia’s Congress earn an annual salary that is nearly 20 times more than the average Colombian, according to a Mexican research center. Radio station Caracol Radio reported that the Center for Research and...
