Posted by Miriam Wells | Jan 20, 2012 | News
A disruptive passenger forced an Avianca flight from Costa Rica to Medellin to make an emergency landing Thursday, reported local media. According to reports, the passenger, who appeared either intoxicated or disturbed, got up...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Jan 20, 2012 | News
Bogota’s lottery manager warned Friday the sale of fake lottery tickets was costing the city’s health sector more than $650,000 a month. The Colombian capital’s health service receives 12-16% of the proceeds...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Jan 20, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Interior Minister Germain Vargas said Friday there were no plans to hold FARC peace talks in Cuba, as rumored. Speaking to Radio Caracol, Vargas dismissed suggestions that secret negotiations in Cuba were being...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Jan 19, 2012 | News
Three people have been murdered by suspected FARC militants in north-west Colombia. A farm manager and two brothers were taken hostage and killed by around 25 militants in the village of Chontadural, Uraba, Thursday morning,...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Jan 19, 2012 | News
The first ever investigation into land theft by the FARC in southern Colombia alleges the guerrillas have stolen 185,329 acres of land. Most of the stolen land was park land in the departments of Caqueta and Meta. The rebels...
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