Posted 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,...
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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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 26, 2012 | News
Almost 30% of Colombia’s indigenous population is living in extreme poverty and the majority of indigenous children is suffering chronic malnutrition, said the United Nations Sunday. According to a report by the United...
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