Cordoba to begin work on hostage release
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba says she will begin on Thursday to organise details of the release of five hostages who the FARC has promised to free. In an interview published on…
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba says she will begin on Thursday to organise details of the release of five hostages who the FARC has promised to free. In an interview published on…
Colombian investigative website Verdad Abierta says that 2010 is the most violent year since the demobilization of the paramilitaries in 2006, due to the rise of emerging criminal groups. Summarizing…
Relatives of hostages that the FARC have announced to free call on the Colombian government to accede to the rebels’ conditions for the release, reports ABC. The guerrilla group said…
The School of Peace at Barcelona’s Autonomous University wrote an open letter to Colombian guerrilla group the ELN asking the rebels to begin peace talks with the government, El Tiempo…
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says that Colombia should use alternative, cheaper methods to identify bodies other than DNA testing, reports Terra. “Colombian law is very clear…
The parties to the Mine Ban Treaty on Friday granted Colombia’s request for ten more years to remove anti-personnel landmines from its territory. Rosa Irene Rubio, interim director of the…
Colombian police say they have captured nine key associates of Medellin gang leader Maximiliano Bonilla, alias “Valenciano.” The men are allegedly members of the “Los Mondongueros” gang, and are accused of…
Colombia could receive $10 million, starting in January 2011, from a fund to help poor countries adapt to climate change, a Colombian negotiator at the Cancun Summit told El Espectador.…
Colombia’s new Prosecutor General Viviane Morales rejects ex-President Alvaro Uribe’s criticism of the justice system in remarks made to Caracol Radio. Uribe admitted earlier Thursday that he had advised former…