Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2012 | News
1,400 pedestrians, almost four per day, were killed by Colombian traffic in 2011, Colombian police said Monday. Colombian police told newspaper El Tiempo that “carelessness and irresponsibility” of the pedestrians...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2012 | News
A former guerrilla who staged a fake FARC demobilization wants to turn state witness against allegedly complicit former state officials, news network Noticias Uno reported Monday. According to the network, former FARC guerrilla...
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Former paramilitary leaders said Monday they have been threatened to prevent them from incriminating emerald magnate Victor Carranza over the businessman’s alleged paramilitary activity. According to Colombian media,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 16, 2012 | Economy
Colombian stocks fell Monday on concerns the local economy could be hurt by financial problems in Europe after ratings company Standard & Poor’s downgraded nine European nations. The Colcap index, which encompasses...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 16, 2012 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday the country’s largest rebel group was increasingly selling its cattle to finance South America’s longest-running insurgency as income from trafficking cocaine...
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