Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 10, 2012 | News
The leader of Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC, said Monday the guerrillas were willing to engage in peace talks with the government, “in front of the country.” In a press release published on the Marxist...
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Colombia is the third best country in Latin America to start a business, the Latin Business Chronicle reported Monday. Best Latin countries to start a business Chile Panama Colombia Peru Mexico According to the...
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Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner (R-OH) announced Monday he will be leading a congressional delegation to Colombia. The American visit is part of a Latin American tour taken to important U.S. export...
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Two policemen have been killed and one has been injured in an alleged FARC attack in the southwest of Colombia, authorities said Monday. Colonel Ricardo Augusto Alarcon, commander of police in the southwestern Cauca department,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 8, 2012 | News
Colombian guerrilla groups like the FARC and ELN are the owners of some 120,834 acres of land in the south of Colombia, Caracol Radio reported Sunday. The radio station said it was given results of preliminary investigations...
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