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Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:00:23 +0000Colombia’s former Supreme Court president convicted over mammoth corruption scandal
The former chief justice of Colombia’s Supreme Court was convicted for corruption on Tuesday after a bribery scandal reached the highest echelons of the country’s justice system. Former magistrate Francisco…
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Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:14:14 +0000Colombia announces aerial spraying of coca for 7th time
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque vowed to resume the aerial spraying of coca after taking office in 2018 and has gloriously failed to do so ever since. Duque has embarrassed and…
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Tue, 09 Mar 2021 12:11:08 +0000Are corrupt politicians plotting against Colombia’s ex-president?
Politicians who received bribes from Brazilian engineering firm Odebrecht and Colombia’s banking giant Grupo Aval are allegedly trying to frame former President Juan Manuel Santos. The convicted former allies of…
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Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:15:19 +0000Fun statistic: Medellin is less safe now than when Pablo Escobar was killed
Colombia’s second largest city Medellin was safer in the year that late drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed than it was in 2019, according to local crime statistics. In fact,…
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Tue, 09 Mar 2021 08:00:23 +0000Crime and security in Medellin
Crime and violence in Medellin has been on a rebound since 2016 after years of relative quiet in Colombia’s second largest city. The city has approximately 240 different gangs with…
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