Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 10, 2010 | News
Colombia on Tuesday rejected media reports that U.N. refugee agency UNHCR claims that the country has the world’s largest number of people displaced by violence. According to Accion Social, the presidential agency in...
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After a somewhat displeased reader sent me an email telling me to move to Venezuela if I didn’t like Colombia, I got to thinking about what exactly I am doing here. The email wasn’t very long or shocking....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 9, 2010 | News
Russia will this week release former Israeli special forces commander Yair Klein, who is convicted in Colombia for training the Medellin cartel and paramilitary groups, his lawyer told Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post. Klein...
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Colombia’s defense minister and armed forces commander traveled to Lima on Tuesday to meet with their Peruvian counterparts and hand over information regarding alleged FARC presence in Peruvian territory. The visit follows...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 9, 2010 | News
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez confirmed Monday that he and his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos are “new best friends.” “He has said that I am his new best friend and today I say the same: President...
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