Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 30, 2012 | News
Colombia will continue military offensives against the FARC despite talks between the country’s government and its largest and oldest rebel group, said Colombia’s foreign minister Thursday while at the United Nations...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 30, 2012 | News
Bogota authorities said Thursday they have found the body of Venezuelan actor Jose Montilla in a hotel room in Colombian capital. The actor allegedly died of an overdose. The 38-year-old Venezuelan was in Colombia to perform as...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 30, 2012 | Economy
An explosives attack damaged the railroad connecting the northern Colombian coalmine of multinational Cerrejon to the Caribbean coast Thursday. Authorities have blamed the FARC for the attack. A wagon and the rails of the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 30, 2012 | Tourism
Colombia’s trade minister signed an agreement with other member states of the Pacific Alliance Wednesday to promote tourism between the members states of the Latin American trade bloc. The trade and tourism ministers of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 30, 2012 | From the editor
Any peace talks between the government and rebel group FARC must involve civilians since neither government nor FARC can count on much credibility among the Colombian people. The fact that virtually nobody has confidence in the...
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