Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 12, 2011 | News
Colombia Soy Yo, the organizer of several marches demanding the release of hostages held by the FARC, uploaded an online petition Monday to demand the captives’ freedom before Christmas. The online petition followed...
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The apparent success of Colombia’s mining boom is being overshadowed by human rights violations and mass displacement from mining areas, international human right organization Peace Brigades International (PBI) said...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 12, 2011 | News
The Colombia army set adrift hundreds of illuminating balls in the country’s main jungle rivers to convince FARC guerrillas to demobilize before Christmas. The operation, dubbed “Rivers of Light” was developed...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 11, 2011 | News
Colombia’s increasing number of landmine victims are the “poorest, most removed from urban centers and health care” of all victims of the country’s armed conflict, said the director of the Colombian...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 11, 2011 | News
Colombia’s vice-president asked the country’s banks Sunday for solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of flood victims and freeze outstanding debts of those affected by the rainy season. “I want to highlight...
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