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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 12:30:02 +0000Native Colombia’s fighting COVID without government
Colombia’s indigenous peoples have been relatively successful in their efforts to combat the coronavirus, despite the government of President Ivan Duque. The pandemic caused major alarm among native Colombians as…
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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 11:30:56 +0000
Medellin business elite endorses fraud to obtain poor children’s lunch money
Medellin’s notoriously corrupt elite backed the city’s most powerful business giant after one of its foundations admitted it fraudulently sought a $2.8 million (COP10 billion) grant meant for poor children.…
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Mon, 01 Feb 2021 11:00:16 +0000
Colombia’s top bankers could face 4 years in prison, but evidence of tax evasion ignored
The estimated net worth of Colombia’s richest men is much higher than what anyone allegedly reported to tax authority DIAN without this spurring an investigation. Questioning the wealth of billionaires…
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Sun, 31 Jan 2021 11:00:50 +0000
Colombia’s war crimes tribunal exposes former guerrillas’ sinister kidnapping practices
The criminal charges filed by Colombia’s war crimes tribunal against former FARC commanders revealed how the former guerrilla leaders were involved in one of their most sinister war crimes. The…
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Sat, 30 Jan 2021 20:23:13 +0000
Duque isolated as US vows ‘strong support for peace in Colombia’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed his “strong support for peace in Colombia” in his first phone call to his Colombian counterpart Claudia Blum on Thursday. A press release…
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