Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 10, 2012 | War and peace
Colombian guerrilla group FARC wants a possible peace deal with the government to include judicial mechanisms granting them pardon and amnesty for their crimes, and shield them from extradition to the United States. In an...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 9, 2012 | War and peace
The head of the Colombian government’s delegation that will hold peace negotiations with the country’s largest guerrilla group FARC calls to “dampen overflowing optimism” over the talks. In a column in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 9, 2012 | zSports
Colombian athlete Elkin Serna won silver in the marathon at the 2012 Paralympics in London Sunday. The 27-year-old runner from Medellin finished in two hours, 26 minutes and 39 seconds, less than two minutes after Spain’s...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 8, 2012 | News
The vast majority of Colombians supports a peace process with the FARC initiated by President Juan Manuel Santos, whose personal approval rating coincidentally increased six percentage points and is now at 72%, a poll released...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 8, 2012 | News
The criminal investigation of Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe should go from its preliminary stage to a formal investigation, the chairman of the congressional investigation committee said Friday. The former head...
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