Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 3, 2010 | Disinformation
Prominent Democratic politicians threaten to challenge the results of Tuesday’s midterm election, claiming their constituency was illegally impeded to vote by Colombian black magic. According to Democratic House candidate...
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Dutch FARC guerrilla Tanja Nijmeijer warns the Colombian government not to rescue her, saying “we will meet them with AK-47s, bazookas, mines, mortars, everything.” A heavily-armed Nijmeijer was interviewed by...
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A group of students says Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos still owes them money for their online campaigning during the presidential elections earlier this year. The students told RCN Radio that more than 25 young people...
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Colombia’s Senate on Tuesday approved the dismissal of Piedad Cordoba after the country’s Inspector General said the dissident politician is now officially a “former senator.” The Senate commission...
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Some 1,100 British academics sent an open letter to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to demand the immediate release of Miguel Angel Beltran, a Colombian academic who was arrested in Mexico and jailed in Colombia in May...
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