Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 8, 2012 | News
A FARC attack on a health post in the southwest of Colombia has left four people injured, the Colombian army said Sunday. According to an army press release, the four were injured when an explosive device launched by the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 8, 2012 | News
Colombia’s chief prosecutor on Sunday announced an investigation of the brother of Colombia’s ex-President Alvaro Uribe for allegedly conspiring to discredit the country’s housing minister. In an interview with...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 8, 2012 | News
An evangelical pastor, charged with the sexual abuse of at least five members of his church, surrendered to authorities in Colombia’s capital Bogota Saturday. Reverent Alvaro Jose Gamez, who leads an evangelical church...
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Seven men found at a party where Colombian police arrested neo-paramilitary drug lord “Fritanga” identified themselves as American citizens. Three of them said to be cops, weekly Semana reported Sunday. Men...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 8, 2012 | Economy
Coal workers on Saturday have voted to strike over pay and working conditions at the 3-million-tonne-per-year La Jagua mine of Glencore’s Prodeco unit in northern Colombia, a union said. Colombia is the world’s...
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