Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 5, 2012 | News
Neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” shut down businesses and public transport in the northwestern Uraba region of Colombia Wednesday following the killing of their leader “Giovanni” by armed forces on...
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Hostage mediator and former Senator Piedad Cordoba said Wednesday guerrilla group FARC should release all hostages and not just the six the guerrillas promised to release. In two separate interviews, the former senator said the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 4, 2012 | News
Rebels of Colombian rebel group FARC have carried out two attack on towns and clashed with security forces in the southwestern department of Cauca Wednesday, newspaper El Pais reported. According to the Cali newspaper’s...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 4, 2012 | News
The governor of the north Colombia Cordoba department named interim mayors for two towns whose elected mayors are in jail. The two interim mayors were appointed while the Liberal Party and the U Party, who had endorsed the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 4, 2012 | News
400 Colombian mayors who left office Sunday are investigated because they failed to report what they did with funds sent to their municipalities for victims of last year’s destructive rainy season. The disciplinary and...
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