Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 27, 2011 | Economy
The top Democrat on the House’s key trade panel said Monday he won’t support a pending trade pact with Colombia unless a pro-labor action plan negotiated by the Obama administration is included in the legislation....
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To optimize the potential income generated by the extraction of Colombia’s resources, it is of vital importance to get rid of drug trafficking organizations and guerrilla groups like the FARC. To do this, the country needs...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 27, 2011 | News
The Colombian government paid FARC guerrillas hundreds of millions of dollars for the release of French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans, a Colombian documentary maker claimed Monday. According to official...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 27, 2011 | Culture
The GLBT community in several of Colombia’s main cities took to the streets on Sunday for an extravagant celebration of Gay Pride. Thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual Colombians marched through the cities...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 27, 2011 | News
Medellin police said Sunday they have arrested a leader of drug trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos” who is wanted by Spain to face drug charges. According to the authorities, the 47-year old Jhon Jairo Giraldo...
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