Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 30, 2012 | News
Alleged FARC fighters have killed six policemen in the southwest of Colombia, local media reported Monday. According to the reports, the policemen were assaulted by guerrillas while on patrol in a rural area in the north of the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 29, 2012 | Lite
Colombian glossy Cromos published the second batch of photos of Miss Colombia candidates. Leading up to the election in Cartagena in December, the magazine publishes three editions with Colombia’s officially most beautiful...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 29, 2012 | News
The “Urabeños,” by far Colombia’s most powerful neo-paramilitary group, have sent reinforcements to the city of Medellin in an attempt to take over control of the city’s underworld, according to locals,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 27, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday expressed solidarity with Cuba and Haiti where hurricane Sandy has killed dozens and destroyed thousands of homes. In a press statement on the ministry’s website, members of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 27, 2012 | War and peace
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC calls on national media to “contextualize” ongoing peace talks with the government and to “objectively explain” the preliminary deal between guerrillas and...
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