AUC collaborated with Uribe government, spy agency: Don Berna
The now-demobilized paramilitary organization AUC received the support of Colombia’s...
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Author: Adriaan Alsema
Colombia police claims arrest of key drug trafficker
Colombia’s National Police claimed Sunday to have arrested a key member of neo-paramilitary drug trafficking organization “Los Urabeños” who is wanted by the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges. According to...
Read MoreCordoba calls on private sector to finance FARC hostage release
Former senator and hostage mediator Piedad Cordoba called on Colombian businesses Sunday to finance the logistics of the promised release of six FARC hostages after the government rejected foreign help in the operation. Cordoba,...
Read MoreColombia faces bankruptcy over lawsuits against state
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos claimed Saturday his country will go bankrupt if it loses a quarter of the pending lawsuits against the state. “If the state loses half or a quarter of all the lawsuits there are...
Read MoreSantos reiterates call on global drug legalization debate (video)
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos called on the U.S. and Europe on Saturday to break the taboo and start a global debate on the legalization of drugs, reiterating his country would not oppose drug decriminalization....
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