FARC hostage’s mother begs Uribe to help
The mother of FARC hostage Pablo Emilio Moncayo begged President Alvaro Uribe to “not make decisions based only on political interests” and to break the deadlock impeding her son’s release.…
The mother of FARC hostage Pablo Emilio Moncayo begged President Alvaro Uribe to “not make decisions based only on political interests” and to break the deadlock impeding her son’s release.…
Former Playboy playmate and Colombian model Camila Puerta was robbed of underwear and private photographs on a flight to Venezuela last weekend. The ‘bunny girl’ said she discovered the items…
The managing director of the World Bank, Salvadorian Juan Jose Daboub, said Thursday in Bogota he was “impressed” with the stability of the Colombian economy and the government’s reaction to…
A proposal by Polo Democratico Congressman Franklin Legro seeks a constitutional amendment to allow ex-members of the M-19 to run for public office. The proposed amendment would also give paramilitaries…
Bogota is gearing up for much rumba in the second half of 2009 with a series of festivals in the Park. Events organizers had planned to kick off the line-up…
Ex-paramilitary and beneficiary of the Justice and Peace law Luis Adrián ‘Diomedes’ Palacio, said he personally killed 150 people and participated in over 50 ‘false positives’. ‘Diomedes’ said that he…
Colombian Cardinal Dario Castrillon, head of the Pontifical Commission ‘Ecclesia Dei’, said he had had phone conversations with the FARC and the ELN this week. In an interview with RCN…
A recent massacre of five people attending a private party in Nariño is one of many examples of the never decreasing violence in southern Colombia. Human rights organizations have expressed…
Eight leaders of the Colombian truckers’ union ACC, including the newly appointed president Pedro Aguilar, were detained by police on the Cali-Buenaventura highway. Nemesio Castillo, a board member of the…