Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 3, 2013 | War and peace
As government and FARC negotiators come closer to signing a formal peace agreement, Colombian congressmen traveled to Cuba Sunday to begin studying the possibility of allowing guerrillas to take part in politics. Delegates of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 3, 2013 | News
At least 1,186 people last year fell victim to criminals who used the feared drug scopolamine to sedate their victims and take them on a stealing binge, according to newspaper El Tiempo. The newspaper said that Colombia’s...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 3, 2013 | News
A Colombian military tribunal has sent 147 soldiers to jail for embezzling $22 million in cash they had found in 2003, local media reported Saturday. The tribunal ordered the immediate arrest of the soldiers after convicting...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 2, 2013 | Economy
Colombia coffee growers denied Saturday having reached a deal with the government. Instead they announced to continue their strike and the blocking of roads to demand government aid for one of Colombia’s most iconic...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 2, 2013 | News
Following concessions of the government over increased financial support for one of Colombia’s most iconic economic sectors, coffee growers on Saturday have agreed to lift a strike and roadblocks that had paralyzed parts...
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