Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 3, 2012 | News
Following the release of the FARC’s last ten political hostages Monday, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos called on the guerrilla group to also release civilian hostages in order to create the conditions for...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 2, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s central bank announces it will launch a new 1,000 peso coin to eventually replace the current bill. “We will let the circulation of the 1,000 peso bill come to an end,” central bank director Jose...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 2, 2012 | News
Recent military operations have separated FARC leader “Timochenko” from his personal security forces and isolated him from the guerrilla group, said the commander of Colombia’s Air Force Sunday. According to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 2, 2012 | News
Thieves have apparently stolen a $6 million airplane from Bogota’s international airport, Colombia’s aviation authority admitted Monday. The Super King Air 300 disappeared from Colombia’s most secured airport...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 1, 2012 | News
Central Colombia authorities closed the national “Los Nevados” park Sunday after an increase in seismic activity of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Meteorological authorities raised the alert level to orange in 17...
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