Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 6, 2013 | News
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday that ending the country’s armed conflict would be the best possible tribute to the memory of his Venezuela counterpart Hugo Chavez who had passed away earlier that day....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 5, 2013 | News
Colombia’s foreign minister said Tuesday that she feels “profound sadness” over the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who died earlier Tuesday. In a press release published on the Colombian foreign...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 3, 2013 | War and peace
As government and FARC negotiators come closer to signing a formal peace agreement, Colombian congressmen traveled to Cuba Sunday to begin studying the possibility of allowing guerrillas to take part in politics. Delegates of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 3, 2013 | News
At least 1,186 people last year fell victim to criminals who used the feared drug scopolamine to sedate their victims and take them on a stealing binge, according to newspaper El Tiempo. The newspaper said that Colombia’s...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 3, 2013 | News
A Colombian military tribunal has sent 147 soldiers to jail for embezzling $22 million in cash they had found in 2003, local media reported Saturday. The tribunal ordered the immediate arrest of the soldiers after convicting...
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