Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 27, 2016 | News
Inhabitants of the south-central Colombia city of Neiva were surprised and caused chaos in the city’s center when an unidentified man suddenly began giving away hundreds of millions of pesos in cash. According to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 26, 2016 | News
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos has included leftist opposition politicians to his cabinet amid a cabinet reshuffle that further isolates his political rival, former President Alvaro Uribe. The president’s reshuffle...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 25, 2016 | War and peace
The commander of one of the FARC’s most elite fighting units, “El Paisa,” arrived in Havana to take part in ongoing peace talks after reportedly having rejected the talks. El Paisa, whose real name is Hernan...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 21, 2016 | Economy
Following a year-and-a-half decline during which Colombia’s peso lost approximately 40% of its value, the currency seems to be recovering and has remained below the COP3000 mark for a week. The peso had its worst days in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 20, 2016 | News
More than a year after a far-stretching political reform that sought to balance powers in Colombia, the country’s Senate surprisingly approved a bill that effectively strengthens the executive branch in election campaigns....
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