Adriaan Alsema, Author at Colombia News

Deforestation in Colombia up 16% due to mining, lumbering, coca and drought

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 23, 2015 | News

Colombia lost 140,356 hectares of forest in 2014, 16% more than the year before, according to the...

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 23, 2015 | War and peace

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday pardoned 30 convicted FARC rebels as a sign of...

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 22, 2015 | War and peace

Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos sent his brother to privately meet with FARC rebel...

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 19, 2015 | War and peace

While Colombia’s ongoing peace talks did not start until three years ago, initial contact...

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 18, 2015 | Culture

Calixto Ochoa, one of Colombia’s most iconic singers and influential composers of the past...