Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 24, 2012 | News
A bomb attack on a supermarket in the northern Colombian city of Santa Marta has killed at least two and injured at least ten, local media reported Wednesday. According to local authorities, the attacker threw a grenade into the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 23, 2012 | Guests
The Colombian government’s negotiating position that was revealed at last week’s press conference in Oslo, Norway appears to violate the peace talks agreement reached recently in Havana, Cuba. At the Oslo press conference, lead...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 22, 2012 | From the editor
The peace process between Colombia’s government and FARC guerrillas couldn’t have begun more clumsily than they did last week. With the future of the country at stake, the warring parties seem further apart than...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 22, 2012 | News
A shooting between gang members and police in Colombia’s second largest city Medellin left two policemen and one civilian dead Sunday. The violence took place in the troubled Comuna 13, one of the city’s most violent...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 21, 2012 | News
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday urged Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro to push down the capital city’s murder rate to a one-digit number. The president hailed Petro for securing a 24% drop in homicides over the...
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