Posted by Miriam Wells | Jan 10, 2012 | News
The Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has rejected FARC proposals to revive failed peace talks. Responding to a FARC statement announcing the rebels “would be interested in a hypothetical negotiating table”,...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Jan 10, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Inspector General’s office has dismissed five soldiers for the extrajudicial killing of a FARC militant. The soldiers, from the Army’s Ninth Brigade, have also been banned from public service for 20...
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Authorities in Hungary have captured Pablo Lapiedra, the Spanish man wanted by Colombia on child pornography charges. Lapiedra, who has been on the run since skipping an extradition hearing in Spain in December, is accused of...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Jan 9, 2012 | Cartagena
Music lovers can soak up sounds in a Caribbean setting this week as Cartagena hosts the sixth International Festival of Music. With a theme entitled “The Sound of the Americas,” the event will offer an intensive...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Jan 9, 2012 | News
Almost 7,000 people have made land claims under the new Victims Law, Colombia’s agriculture minister said Monday. Juan Camilo Restrepo said the government’s Land Restitution Unit aimed to receive another 13,760...
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