Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Apr 18, 2013 | News
Colombia’s congress on Wednesday opened an investigation against ex-presidents Alvaro Uribe and Andres Pastrana for their alleged responsibility in losing Caribbean waters to Nicaragua. Constantino Rodriguez, president of...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Apr 18, 2013 | News
Three simultaneous explosions rocked the town of Tumaco in Colombia’s southwestern Nariño department on Thursday. One explosion affected the airport of the city of Tumaco, while another destroyed part of a local police...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Apr 17, 2013 | News
Colombia’s former vice-president said Wednesday the FARC killed 33 soldiers in a recent ambush in the southwestern Putumayo department, an allegation denied by the ministry of defense and the army. According to Francisco...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Apr 16, 2013 | War and peace
Representatives from Colombia’s Liberal Party on Tuesday said they would support a possible peace process with Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN. The liberal representatives said they would fully support President...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Apr 16, 2013 | News
An unidentified armed group on Monday allegedly kidnapped six individuals, including the father of a local mayor, in Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department. According to radio station Caracol, one of the kidnapped people...
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