Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 5, 2012 | News
A poll published Sunday by newspaper El Tiempo confirmed the urban approval rating of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has dropped below his disapproval rating. According to the poll, 43.9% of the respondents said to...
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Police in northeast Colombia have arrested a soldier who allegedly was trafficking arms for rebel group ELN, local media reported Thursday. According to the reports, the army sergeant was apprehended at a road block while...
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A group of employees and ex-employees of the Colombian branch of General Motors began a hunger strike in front of the U.S. embassy in Bogota Wednesday to protest the firing of colleagues on sick leave. The hunger strike followed...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 2, 2012 | News
Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group ELN on Wednesday released a video of two women who were kidnapped in the northeast of the country last week. In the video, journalist Elida Parra Alfonso and environmental engineer...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 2, 2012 | News
Colombia has advanced from being a country in diplomatic isolation to a regional leader, President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday while on a mid-term tour through the country in defense of his administration’s policies....
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