Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 5, 2012 | News
Three Colombian soldiers have been killed and another three were injured by a roadside bomb near the Ecuadorean border, the army announced Thursday. According to the army, the bomb went off when an army patrol was traveling a...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 4, 2012 | News
The ten members of Colombia’s security forces who were released after more than 12 years in FARC captivity need years of psychological assistance to overcome their nightmare, said a specialized psychologist Wednesday....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 3, 2012 | Guests
Last week’s tragic death of three presumed terrorists handling explosives in a house in Suba (northwest Bogota) was followed by that of another university “student” in Tunja, when explosive devices that he was...
Read MorePosted 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...
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