Urabeños shut-down ends after expanding terror campaign to Medellin
Colombia’s largest paramilitary successor group Los Urabeños ended its economic shutdown of the north of Colombia on Saturday. The group on Friday extended Thursday’s 24-hour “pacific strike” that had already left several policemen Full Article »
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Uribe gives Santos a second, even bigger anti-government protest within month
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Colombia’s conservative opposition took to the street on Saturday to voice broadly supported discontent over President Juan Manuel Santos and ongoing peace talks with leftist rebel groups.
Urabeños shut-down ends after expanding terror campaign to Medellin
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Colombia’s largest paramilitary successor group Los Urabeños ended its economic shutdown of the north of Colombia on Saturday. The group on Friday extended Thursday’s 24-hour “pacific strike” that had already left several policemen Full Article »
Medellin forced to close airport over excessive pollution
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Colombia’s second largest city, Medellin, was forced to close its inner-city airport on Tuesday amid concerns over excessive air pollution that has been haunting the city for months.
Colombia soldier survives 23 day jungle ordeal on diet of tortoise and rap music
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A Colombian soldier who was missing in the jungle for more than three weeks, found his way back to civilization after surviving his ordeal by eating raw tortoise and singing rap songs Full Article »
Colombia Reports will ignore government’s press freedom limitations
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Colombia Reports will ignore the Colombian government’s unlawful ban on reporting on FARC leaders’ trips to rank and file guerrillas. If we comply, this website could be censored any time deemed convenient by either Full Article »
Colombia’s military continues targeting ELN rebels despite peace talks
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Colombia’s military will continue offensives targeting left-wing ELN rebels despite Wednesday’s announcement of peace talks with the government, the country’s defense minister said Thursday.
Colombia’s peso close to pushing dollar below COP3000
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Colombia’s peso is recovering from one of its biggest devaluations in history and is close to pushing the US dollar below COP3000 for the first time since November.
Colombia star James set to remain on the bench for Spanish Classic
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Colombia’s James Rodriguez is set to remain on the bench ahead of the clash between Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona on Saturday, according to Spanish media.
Colombia celebrates ‘historic’ Oscar ceremony in spite of not winning award
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Colombia’s first nomination at the Oscars, “Embrace of the Serpent,” lost to competitor “Son of Saul” from Hungary on Sunday, but that didn’t stop local media praising the film’s performance Full Article »
