Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 9, 2012 | News
Authorities declared a red alert in areas downstream from the central Colombia Nevado del Ruiz volcano Sunday amid growing concerns an eruption is imminent. According to Colombia’s meteorological institute IDEAM, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 8, 2012 | News
At least six soldiers and three guerrillas were killed in combat between the FARC and the Army in the western Colombian department of Choco Saturday. The army told press the FARC’s attacked the security forces in order to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 7, 2012 | News
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC denied it has been weakened and says the rebels’ “struggle” for a socialist Colombia is legitimized by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In a video recorded on...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 7, 2012 | News
Central Colombian volcanologists warned Saturday that seismic activity inside the Nevado del Ruiz volcano has increased. According to the Manizales Volcanological and Seismological Observatory, the volcano showed an increase in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 7, 2012 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has said he is willing to personally discuss peace with the country’s largest rebel group FARC under the condition the guerrillas show a “real will” for peace. In an...
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