Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 27, 2012 | News
Colombia’s National Police has ordered a scrutiny of all former commanders of the police departments of the Antioquia department and its capital Medellin, Noticias Uno reported Sunday. The investigation follows the guilty...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 27, 2012 | News
Dozens of journalists have sent a letter to Colombia’s Supreme Court in support of two columnists who the court wants to sue over articles accusing the country’s highest judicial entity of bias. In the columns,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 27, 2012 | News
Colombia’s defense minister said Sunday that, while the government reportedly is holding preliminary peace talks with the FARC, his only instruction is to “tirelessly beat terrorism and drug trafficking.”...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 26, 2012 | News
Six people were killed in central Colombia on Sunday when a taxi exploded. Authorities blamed the FARC. According to Colombia’s defense minister Juan Carlos Pinzon, the tragedy in the Meta department was a “cowardly...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 26, 2012 | War and peace
Colombia’s environment minister and one of President Juan Manuel Santos’ senior advisers are involved in preliminary peace talks with the FARC in Cuba, newspaper El Espectador reported Sunday. According to the...
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