Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 6, 2012 | News
Four people were killed in combat between gangs and police in western Medellin on Monday. Fighting broke out in two of the city’s western districts; in the Comuna 13, one gang member and one civilian were killed, and in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 6, 2012 | War and peace
Dutch FARC guerrilla Tanja Nijmeijer arrived in Cuba Monday to join the rebel delegation that will begin talks with representatives of the government over a negotiated end to the country’s 48-year old armed conflict....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 4, 2012 | War and peace
Social and farmers’ organizations from the war-torn southwest of Colombia on Saturday demanded more input in peace talks with rebel group FARC in the first of several regional peace meetings with congressmen. The...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 4, 2012 | News
Armed confrontations between gangs in Colombia’s largest prison has left at least 30 inmates injured, local media reported Satuday. The violence took place on Friday morning when members of two rival gangs, some armed with...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 3, 2012 | News
Three key congressmen of the U Party, once created to support Colombia’s then-President Alvaro Uribe, said Friday that the increasingly critical former head of state no longer belongs to the party. In interviews with...
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