Monday 20th May 2013,
The FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, said Sunday it was satisfied with the progress made in ongoing peace talks with the government and asked for patience for the talks to Full Article »
Colombian cyclist Carlos Alberto Betancur on Sunday became the best young rider of the Giro d’Italia and will start Tuesday’s stage wearing the white jersey.
Colombia will redistribute farmland of some 11.500 square miles — an area larger than Massachusetts, as part of an eventual peace deal with the country’s largest rebel group FARC, newspaper Full Article »
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office is investigating former army commander General Mario Montoya and three other generals for their alleged role in the extrajudicial killings of thousands of civilians, reported El Full Article »
Bogota police on Wednesday arrested a woman carrying a 10-foot long boa constrictor around the streets of Colombia’s capital in her bag.
It was a hard decision to make but I chose not to march yesterday. I decided instead to reflect on the death of the people´s president that never was, Jorge Full Article »
Cali crime statistics
Gold production in Colombia
Medellin economy statistics
Colombia’s FIFA ranking (August 2010 – present)
Juan Manuel Santos approval ratings (August 2010 – present)
Text of deal between Colombia’s government and rebel group FARC to end armed conflict
History of peace talks in Colombia
False positives
Uraba region (map)
Colombia coca cultivation
Colombian cyclist Carlos Alberto Betancur on Sunday became the best young rider of the Giro d’Italia and will start Tuesday’s stage wearing the white jersey.
British/Irish pop sensation One Direction announced Wednesday that Colombia will be the first stop of the boy band’s first world tour.
