Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 18, 2012 | News
The media is used and manipulated by terrorists to instill fear on the Colombian people, President Juan Manuel Santos said Friday, claiming that “if there were no media, there would be no terrorism.” According to the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 18, 2012 | News
Colombia should hold a referendum on whether it should legalize drug use, the country’s Inspector General said Friday. Inspector General Alejandro Ordoñez, a conservative catholic and vociferous opponent of lenient drug...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 18, 2012 | News
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC control 93% of coca and marijuana crops in the southwestern Cauca department, the National Police told Congress Friday. According to newspaper El Tiempo, Police director Jose Roberto...
Read MorePosted 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...
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