Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 21, 2012 | War and peace
Colombia will reconstruct a National Peace Council allowing civilian organizations to indirectly take part in a peace process with guerrilla group FARC that is set to begin in October. Lawmakers made the announcement after a...
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Colombia’s chief prosecutor said Thursday he will increase the number of prosecutors investigating the murders of some 3,000 civilians by the armed forces, warning that “poor results” made so far could lead to...
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A judge has revoked the acquittal of a leftist guerrilla accused in the killings of three Americans in Colombia in 1999 and ordered his arrest, the Prosecutor General’s Office said Thursday. Angelo Caceres, alias “El...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 21, 2012 | Economy
If Colombia’s government and rebels of the FARC succeed in striking a peace deal, the country’s economy could see Asia-like growth of 6% to 7% for decades, Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas told Bloomberg News. In...
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New York-based think tank Americas Society (A.S.) will award Juan Manuel Santos “in recognition of his extraordinary accomplishments as President of Colombia,” the organization announced Thursday. The Colombian...
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