Flower Delivery To Armenia
Colombia
The Supreme Court, the Council of State, the Constitutional Court, and the CSJ are four roughly coequal supreme judicial organs that often issue conflicting rulings and frequently disagree regarding jurisdictional responsibilities. The Fiscalia is tasked with investigating criminal offenses and presenting evidence against the accused. The Supreme Court elects the Prosecutor General from a list of three candidates selected by the President. The Prosecutor General serves a 4-year term that overlaps two presidential administrations. The Office is independent of both the executive and judicial branches and is divided into national, regional, and local offices. The Office has its own corps of armed investigators known as the Corps of Technical Investigators (CTI). The Office has significant judicial functions; however, consistent with constitutional reforms passed in December, it will be converted by 2005 into a purely investigatory and prosecutorial ag ... [Read More]
Western Hemisphere
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USIS Washington File: TEXT: ALBRIGHT BEFORE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE
In Santiago, President Clinton and the other 33 democratic leaders of our hemisphere set an agenda for meeting those challenges together. We agreed to boost investment in education as a foundation for success in the next century, and to fight poverty and discrimination to make sure that success is shared by all. We established new programs to protect freedom of the press, strengthen judicial systems, and improve local government -- all pillars of the kind of strong democracies we want as our neighbors. And we agreed to work together to assess and improve our efforts in the war on drugs. ... [Read More]
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