Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 4, 2011 | News
A former guerrilla claimed Thursday that allegations that Colombia’s vice president had ties to the FARC are part of an elaborate set-up. The ex-guerrilla fighter, Fernando Bahamon told Caracol Radio that when he was...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 4, 2011 | News
Colombia, Britain and France announced Thursday that they will abstain in any vote on full Palestinian membership of the United Nations, diplomats said. Added to the US threat to veto any resolution put before the UN Security...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 3, 2011 | Economy
Colombian stocks rose Thursday, ending a four day streak of losses, while the peso continued to weaken against the dollar. The Colcap index, the benchmark for Colombia’s largest publicly traded firms, rose 0.91%, to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 3, 2011 | News
The growing rift between Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his predecessor Alvaro Uribe is causing friction between members of Santos’ “coalition of national unity” in Congress, where Uribe’s...
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An Argentine court has convicted Colombian model Angie Sanclemente of trafficking cocaine from the South American country to Europe. Her sentence is six years and eight months in prison. Her Argentine boyfriend, Nicolas Gualco,...
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