Joshua Goodman Associated Press

August 09, 2024 | Daily Business Review

Prosecutors say Florida-based Smartmatic funneled bribes to the chairman of the Philippines' electoral commission through a slush fund created by overcharging for the cost of each voting machine it supplied authorities.

By Joshua Goodman | Associated Press

5 minute read

March 09, 2018 | Daily Business Review

A trust linked to Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA has filed a lawsuit against major international energy trading firms for their alleged role funneling bribes to corrupt company officials in exchange for rigged oil purchase contracts.

By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

5 minute read

January 23, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Venezuelan officials may face U.S. sanctions for profiting from food shortages that have exacerbated hunger in the South American country.

By Hannah Dreier and Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

9 minute read

December 21, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Human Rights Watch says that sworn testimony from six Colombian generals implicates the former head of the U.S.-backed army in the extrajudicial killings of civilians.

By Luis Alonso Lugo and Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

6 minute read

December 01, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Congress formally ratified a revised peace agreement with Colombia's biggest leftist rebel group, capping a torturous four years of negotiations, a stunning referendum rejection, last-minute compromises and two signing ceremonies.

By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

7 minute read

October 11, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Colombia's government and rebels from the National Liberation Army have agreed to revive a stalled peace effort, providing a boost to President Juan Manuel Santos as he tries to recover from voters' shocking rejection of a deal with the much-larger FARC guerrilla group.

By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

7 minute read

September 20, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Younger Colombians knew almost nothing about Humberto De la Calle in 2012 when he was named the government's chief peace negotiator for talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Many older Colombians were all but sure his mission to end a half-century of bloodshed would fail.

By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

10 minute read

September 14, 2016 | Daily Business Review

For 40 years, Army Gen. Javier Florez battled the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Now his mission is to make sure thousands of the rebels are safe as they disarm and return to civilian life under a historic peace deal.

By Cesar Garcia and Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

8 minute read

August 25, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Colombia's president is moving fast to hold a plebiscite on a landmark peace deal reached with leftist rebels, as he presented to congress the full text of the accord that he says will end a half-century of bloody combat.

By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

10 minute read

August 24, 2016 | Daily Business Review

A Utah man being held in Venezuela on weapons charges described living a "horrible nightmare" of police harassment and recurrent illnesses in his first communication from jail.

By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

9 minute read