Colombia’s former ministers of finance and interior jailed on corruption charges
A Bogota judge ordered Colombia’s former finance and interior ministers be sent to jail...
Tag: Luis Fernando Velasco
Prosecution indicts former Colombia’s finance and interior ministers on bribery charges
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office indicted President Gustavo Petro’s former finance...
Petro administration officials investigated over corruption with disaster funds
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office included the finance minister and other close...
Colombia promises rewards for tips on vote-buying
Colombia’s Interior Ministry will financially compensate citizens who report vote-buying in...
Trial of Uribe’s former secretary resumes
The trial of ex-President Alvaro Uribe’s former secretary for his involvement in the illegal wiretapping of Supreme Court justices, journalists, human rights workers and opposition politicians resumed Monday. BACKGROUND:...
Colombia proposes bill to allow anonymous testimony in human rights cases
The Colombian Senate proposed a bill which would allow anonymous testimony in cases regarding violations of international humanitarian law, newspaper El Espectador reported Thursday. “Many people fear to make such...
Colombia uses 1/3 of the petroleum it produces: Senator
Colombia consumes one third of the petroleum it produces, and yet Colombians are paying prices as if the country were heavy importers said Senator Luis Fernando Velasco. “We Colombians are being charged for gasoline as if...
