Posted by Adriaan Alsema | May 2, 2012 | News
A woman who identified herself as a member of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC on Tuesday claimed the guerrillas are holding the French journalist who went missing this weekend as “prisoner of war.” The...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 1, 2012 | News
Thirteen members of Colombia’s armed forces died in the north of Colombia Monday when the helicopter they were flying in caught fire and crashed. The helicopter, a Bell 212, reportedly caught fire while flying from the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 29, 2012 | News
A French journalist has disappeared after he was injured in a deadly FARC attack on an army platoon the reporter was accompanying, Colombia’s defense minister said Sunday. According to France, the journalist was captured...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 22, 2012 | News
Some 1,500 Colombian left-wing social and political organizations came together in Bogota Saturday to found a new political party ideologically aligned with leftist governments elsewhere in South America. The Patriotic March...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 21, 2012 | News
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns met with Colombia Justice Minister Juan Carlos Esguerra Friday to discuss Colombian concerns over “lax” punishments for extradited Colombian drug traffickers. Following...
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