Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2013 | News
A Colombian senator surrendered to justice and was subsequently jailed Saturday over charges she sought political benefits through alliances with paramilitary death squads. U Party Senator Piedad Zuccardi reportedly arrived at...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2013 | News
Colombia’s coffee growers federation Fedecafe on Sunday rejected an imminent growers’ strike and calls on protesting farmers who demand more help from the government to negotiate. Fedecafe, the federation...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2013 | War and peace
If peace talks between Colombia’s government and the country’s largest rebel group FARC stop producing results, the government will abandon the negotiations, President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. “The way...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 20, 2013 | Economy
Colombia has the world’s fastest-growing smartphone market according to analysts. According to a report published Monday from mobile app analytics company, Flurry, the Colombian smartphone market has grown 278 percent in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 19, 2013 | News
Former Colombia President Alvaro Uribe said Monday he will run for senator in 2014 “if the conditions require” him to. While visiting a town in his home department of Antioquia, the former head of state said that...
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