Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 27, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday expressed solidarity with Cuba and Haiti where hurricane Sandy has killed dozens and destroyed thousands of homes. In a press statement on the ministry’s website, members of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 27, 2012 | War and peace
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC calls on national media to “contextualize” ongoing peace talks with the government and to “objectively explain” the preliminary deal between guerrillas and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 27, 2012 | News
Some 100,000 court cases have come to a complete standstill as Colombian judicial workers demanding higher pay enter their third week of strikes, local media reported. The striking judges, prosecutors and other court workers...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 27, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s central bank on Friday held its benchmark interest rate steady for the second straight month, as expected, on signs of support for the local economy and a mixed picture abroad. The majority decision by...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 24, 2012 | Lite
A supposed witch doctor drugs and robs a family who had hired him to cure them of a flu. According to police in the northern Colombian department of Santander, the incident took part in the town of San Gil where police began a...
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