Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 18, 2012 | News
Colombia’s defense minister said Friday the army has captured 11 aides of the FARC in the violence-ridden southwest of the country. The 11 suspects were arrested in a surprise raid on the village of El Palo, located in the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 16, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Supreme Court rules that demobilized paramilitaries can be extradited to the United States, despite a deal with the government of former President Alvaro Uribe that sheltered them from extradition. According to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 16, 2012 | Disinformation
Colombia’s Inspector General on Thursday ordered regular obligatory lie detector tests for all members of government and congress. The decision followed a request by anti-corruption NGO Transparency International that had...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 16, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Prosecutor general’s Office announced Wednesday it has begun investigating allegations the country’s transport minister has illegally granted government contracts to a family business. Minister...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 16, 2012 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday asked indigenous groups in the southwest of Colombia for forgiveness over the suffering, deaths and human rights violations caused by the ongoing armed conflict, and promised...
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