Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 28, 2010 | News
An independent “Truth Commission” will study the cases of 17,0000 demobilized paramilitaries after Colombia’s constitutional court sank the suspension of prosecution of the former AUC members, newspaper El...
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Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe met with Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli in Honduras, one day before Uribe’s former intelligence chief controversially was granted political asylum in Panama, several...
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Four civilians and two members of the security forces were killed in Saturday in FARC attacks in the southwest of Colombia, authorities said. One soldier and three civilian coca eradicators were killed near the town of Leiva,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 27, 2010 | Bogota
Some 4,000 travelers were stranded on Bogota airport El Dorado Friday after Colombian airline Avianca canceled 39 domestic flights because of heavy rains. According to airport authorities, the extreme rains caused the air strips...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 27, 2010 | News
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on Friday praised his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos for his “great spirit of integration.” In an interview with Spanish news agency Efe, the Ecuadorean head of state said...
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