17 murdered unionists a grim record for Colombia: US union
Colombia should not be rewarded with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States until it can curb the violence against its trade unionists and other civil activists, argued…
Colombia should not be rewarded with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States until it can curb the violence against its trade unionists and other civil activists, argued…
The Inspector General’s office reported Wednesday that about $86.6 million in contracts has been lost in Congress due to poor contract management and cost overruns in technology upgrades. According to…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos thanked the U.S. Congress for agreeing to move forward discussions about the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) on Tuesday. “I thank the North American Congress,…
According to El Tiempo, ex-president Uribe is experiencing difficulty in allying his party with Antioquian Conservatives against rivals in the upcoming election for the governor of Antioquia and the mayor…
A delegation of Colombian congressmen will meet with members of the U.S. Congress to discuss the effects of the Victims’ Law passed in recent days, Caracol Radio reports. Colombian Congressmen…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos reported that laws and Constitutional reforms approved during the recently concluded Congressional legislative session are unprecedented in the country’s history, the presidential website reported Friday.…
Colombia’s Victims Law was passed Wednesday by a plenary session of Congress, meaning that final presidential approval is the only step left in finalizing the “historic” piece of legislation. “The…
A Colombian conciliatory commission accepted the Senate’s approved version of the Victims Law as the final text to be passed through Congress on Wednesday. Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras, coalition…
A plenary session of the House of Representatives unanimously approved the text of a statute that aims to cut Colombia’s political corruption, newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday. The proposed Anti-Corruption Statute…