Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 24, 2012 | News
Colombia insisted Tuesday it would expand the use of military tribunals despite warnings from Human Rights Watch (HRW) that the proposed reform “threatens to facilitate impunity for military abuses.” Colombia’s...
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Colombian police said Tuesday they have arrested 12 members of neo-paramilitary drug trafficking organization “Los Urabeños” in the north of the country. Eleven of the suspected neo-paramilitaries were arrested in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 24, 2012 | Economy
Chilean department store retailer Ripley Corp. SA plans to invest $272 million in Colombia through 2015, the company said in a Tuesday filing with local regulators. Several Chilean retailers, including Cencosud SA, have expanded...
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Colombian labor unions began a lobby in Washington Monday to oppose the possible appointment of Colombian vice-President Angelino Garzon as new head of the International Labour Organisation. According to the unions, Garzon...
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Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC has carried out a total of 2,148 attacks in 2011; the highest number in 15 years, a Colombian think tank said Monday. According to Leon Valencia, director of the leftist think tank...
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