Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 27, 2011 | News
A police official held captive by the FARC was able to escape his captors during an armed forces offensive in which four of his colleagues were executed by the rebels, Colombia’s defense minister said Saturday. “At...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 26, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos firmly condemned the execution of four captive members of the security forces who were killed by FARC rebels. According to the president, the execution “could be the cruelest thing we...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 26, 2011 | News
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC has executed four or five members of the security forces in a botched attempt to rescue the men, the country’s defense minister announced Saturday. Confirmed names of executed FARC...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 25, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate on Friday for the first time in four months and warned it could adjust monetary policy “rapidly” if the global economic crisis impacted the economy....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 25, 2011 | Economy
Torrential rain will hinder Colombia from increasing its output of coffee this season, the head of the country’s main growers’ group said Thursday. Coffee production in the 2011-12 season that began Oct. 1 will...
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