Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 25, 2012 | War and peace
Colombia’s government and largest rebel group FARC on Sunday announced a public forum on the first of five points on the two warring parties’ agenda: agricultural reform. The forum will be held in the Colombian...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 25, 2012 | News
Colombia has sent a letter to the United Nations and will send another to the Organization of American States (OAS) to protest a recent ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) granting almost 30,000 square miles of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 25, 2012 | War and peace
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC on Sunday denied having broken a unilateral ceasefire called at the beginning of peace talks with the government. In a press release, the rebel delegation that has been formally...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 25, 2012 | News
The election of Colombia’s Inspector General, the chief investigator of corruption within government and congress, is being tarnished by cronyism accusations. According to several government watchdogs, sitting Inspector...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 24, 2012 | News
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos announced Saturday his country will seek a dialogue with Nicaragua over the two countries’ maritime border after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) granted Nicaragua a chunk of...
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