Conflicting reports about ‘death’ of ‘Alfonso Cano’
Colombian media on Friday published conflicting stories about “Alfonso Cano.” According to news website La Silla Vacia the supreme leader of the FARC has been killed, but authorities and other…
Colombian media on Friday published conflicting stories about “Alfonso Cano.” According to news website La Silla Vacia the supreme leader of the FARC has been killed, but authorities and other…
The government has announced that it will provide $150 million in loans to help exporters suffering from the recent expiration of trade preferences under the ATPDEA (Andean Trade Preference and…
In his testimony before the Supreme Court, Colonel Julio Cesar Prieto accused ex-congressman Alfonso Riaño of links to paramilitaries, reports El Espectador. Recounting what now-demobilized groups allegedly told him, Prieto…
Colombia’s prosecutor general, Viviane Morales, will evaluate new evidence to determine whether to bring charges against two former DAS officials for wiretapping, Caracol Radio reported Friday. The two in question…
A number of Colombian human rights organizations and journalists received a death threat from neo-paramilitary group “Aguilas Negras,” W Radio reported Friday. An email was circulated on Thursday, signed by…
Former Minister for Agriculture Andres Felipe Arias used his speech at the “Conservative Party Thought in the 21st Century,” forum to attack Colombia’s renewed ties with Venezuela, W Radio reported Thursday.…
President Juan Manuel Santos has denied accusations that FARC leader “Alfonso Cano” traveled in one of the Brazilian helicopters that carried out the recent hostage release mission, reports El Espectador. The…
An ex-vocalist from the Colombian salsa band Guayacan Orquesta, Jairo Ruiz, has commited suicide at his home in Veracruz, Mexico, reports El Tiempo. Ruiz hanged himself and was discovered by…
Colombia’s prosecutor general asks the Constitutional Court to make permanent two amendments to the constitution added in response to the disastrous rainy season in 2010, reports W Radio. The decrees…