Posted by Adriaan Alsema | May 16, 2012 | From the editor
I was going to write a whole op-ed on the attack on Colombia’s former Minister Fernando Londoño, but I am not going to. I am too disgusted about what happened and just want to wish a speedy recovery to Mr. Londoño and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 16, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Supreme Court Wednesdsy dropped the charges against Piedad Cordoba for alleged irregularities in the financing of a fellow-politician. The court’s decision came two days after the Prosecutor...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 16, 2012 | Guests
A Facebook friend told me that in Colombia there’s quite a number of people who believe that Europe crowded with FARC sympathizers. At first this merely sounded surprising, yet, the more I thought about it, it actually...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 15, 2012 | News
At least five people were killed and another 19 were reported injured in an apparent attack on a former minister in the north of Colombia’s capital Bogota Tuesday. According to preliminary reports, a bomb in a bus exploded...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 15, 2012 | News
Bogota police disabled a car bomb in the center of Colombia’s capital city early Tuesday Morning. According to the Metropolitan Police, neighbors warned the police about the abandoned car around 5AM after which authorities...
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