Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 22, 2012 | News
The building of a large hydroelectric dam in the north of Colombia is being hindered by protests and ongoing attacks by guerrilla group FARC, local media reported Tuesday. According to economic magazine Portafolio, hundreds of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 21, 2012 | War and peace
Colombia’s defense minister on Tuesday said allegations by former president Alvaro Uribe that the government is holding secret peace talks with guerrilla group FARC in Cuba are “false” and “creating a bad...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 21, 2012 | War and peace
Colombia ex-President Alvaro Uribe on Tuesday demanded that his successor Juan Manuel Santos respond to Uribe’s allegations the government is secretly holding peace talks with guerrilla group FARC. Uribe himself has been...
Read MorePosted 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...
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