Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 25, 2012 | News
Only two of Colombia’s congress presidents of the past 13 years are not investigated or have not been convicted over their alleged ties to paramilitary groups, an electoral observation NGO said Tuesday. According to the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 24, 2012 | News
A key witness has implicated two high-level Colombian army officials in cases of extrajudicial executions committed by the armed forces, W Radio reported Tuesday. Apart from the two top officials, the anonymous witness...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 24, 2012 | News
Almost 1,000 councilors of Colombian municipalities have received death threats in the first seven months of this year, their federation said Monday. “During this constitutional term, which is only seven months old, we...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 24, 2012 | News
Colombia’s vice-President Angelino Garzon is slowly going back to work after cerebrovascular complications forced medics to put the politician in an induced coma. According to local media, Garzon discussed ongoing...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 24, 2012 | News
Colombia’s government and indigenous representatives began talks Monday about escalated tensions in the southwest of the country that followed ongoing fighting between left-wing guerrilla group FARC and government forces....
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