DAS scandal ‘worse than Watergate’
“Far Worse than Watergate,” a report by a group of U.S. NGOs, says that the scandal surrounding Colombian security agency DAS is “more shocking than initially reported,” involving death threats…
“Far Worse than Watergate,” a report by a group of U.S. NGOs, says that the scandal surrounding Colombian security agency DAS is “more shocking than initially reported,” involving death threats…
Colombia is Latin America’s most violent nation, according to the Global Peace Index‘s (GPI) 2010 report, which ranks the Andean nation as the 138th most peaceful nation out of the…
The Colombian government on Thursday released a statement denying that perpetrators of extrajudicial killings known as “false positives” enjoy near-total impunity from justice, saying that the accusation “does not correspond…
Colombian press are prohibited by law to report on electoral irregularities during this Sunday’s presidential elections, without prior confirmation of the news by an official government source, reported Colombian media…
Colombia’s representatives in the Organization of American States (OAS) on Friday criticised a report by the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights (IACHR) which places Colombia on a “blacklist” of countries…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Friday defended former Agricultural Minister Andres Felipe Arias’ subsidies scheme (AIS), following the U.S. State Department 2009 Human Rights Report’s damning criticism of the program. “AIS is…
Former Agricultural Minister and pre-presidential candidate Andres Felipe Arias Friday said that the damning U.S. State Department 2009 Human Rights Report, which condemns his involvement in the agricultural subsidies corruption…
A recent study on violence in Colombia aims to provide an objective overview of the often murky facts of the nation’s ongoing conflict, through an analysis of murders and disappearances…
The World Bank’s annual “Doing Business” report found that starting a business is easier in Colombia’s smaller cities than in its larger ones, reports website Dinero.com. Cities such as Manizales,…