Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 31, 2012 | Culture
Colombian champeta singer El Afinaito died at 36 Saturday after a short sickbed. The singer, considered one of the best-known performers of the Caribbean music style, passed away after suffering a cardiorespiratory infection. El...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 31, 2012 | News
Colombia’s armed forces have killed at least five FARC guerrillas in a military offensive in the southwest of the country, local authorities said Sunday. The combat took place on the border of the Cauca and the Huila...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 29, 2012 | News
The European Union said Satuday it expects Colombia to “assuage” concerns over impunity generated by a recently approved justice reform amplifying the jurisdiction of military tribunals. In a press statement, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 24, 2012 | News
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday expressed his wish for “true peace” and “greater social justice” in the annual presidential Christmas speech. In the televised speech, Santos said that...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 23, 2012 | News
Infamous businessman Victor Carranza, known in Colombia as the “Emerald Czar” because of his control over the country’s emerald exploitation, was a “big time narco” and paramilitary leader,...
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