Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 21, 2012 | News
Colombian citizens were feeling better about their city’s security in July than two months before, according to a poll released Monday. According to the “Mood of the Country” index compiled by pollster YanHaas,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 21, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Health Ministry is preparing a pilot project to distribute free syringes and methadone to heroin addicts, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday. Additionally, the government wants to distribute free syringes...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 21, 2012 | News
The U.S. conviction of former President Alvaro Uribe’s security chief for aligning with paramilitary groups may have a “profound impact” on Colombian politics and the country’s military, said experts....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 21, 2012 | War and peace
Colombia’s foreign minister on Monday denied knowing of secret peace talks between the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos and the country’s largest rebel group FARC. Talking to the reporters in Mexico,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 20, 2012 | War and peace
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe insisted Monday that the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos has begun secret peace negotiations with guerrilla group FARC. In an interview with radio station Actualidad,...
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