Posted by Adriaan Alsema | May 22, 2011 | News
Recent guerrilla violence in the south-west Colombian Cauca department is due to the FARC’s attempt to recover an important drug route from central Colombia to the Pacific, said the governor Saturday. According to governor...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 22, 2011 | News
A Danish clothing company convicted for financing Colombian rebel group FARC will receive money from the leftist Danish Enhedslisten (EL) party, its members ruled. The money is meant to compensate the company...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 21, 2011 | Economy
2.5 million acres of farmland are affected by torrential rains that have been tormenting Colombia since the beginning of last year, the country’s Agriculture Minister said Saturday. According to Minister Juan Camilo...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 21, 2011 | News
A businessman and security guard were killed by contract killers inside a shopping mal in the south-west Colombian city of Cali Friday evening. According to several media, the killers assassinated a businessman in the food court...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 20, 2011 | News
The actual number of people affected by the extreme rains in Colombia in 2010 and 2011 is 2.2 million and not 3.4 million, as official sources previously claimed, government statistics agency DANE announced Thursday. In a press...
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