Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 1, 2012 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Friday that to obtain peace in his country, more is needed than just an agreement with rebel groups who have been fighting the state for nearly 50 years. While talking at the Summit of...
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday finished the restructuring of his cabinet a week after all ministers resigned. The resignations of the majority of ministers was not accepted; Only four of the 16 ministers were...
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Some 300 members of one of Colombia’s most powerful drug trafficking organizations, “Los Rastrojos,” have been negotiating with authorities to surrender, reported newspaper El Tiempo Saturday. Based on sources...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 31, 2012 | Disinformation
Bogota’s transport secretary has bought 25 diesel generators to charge electricity-run taxis it plans to have on the streets in December. According to an internal memo, the generators will be distributed over strategic...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 31, 2012 | News
Six people were injured and approximately 100 homes were damaged in a bomb attack on a prosecution office in the southwestern Colombian city of Popayan on Friday. The 150-pound bomb exploded in front of the downtown prosecution...
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