Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 20, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos confirmed Saturday he will meet his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez in Caracas on November 28. Santos made the annoucement following his arrival in London for an official visit. The...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 20, 2011 | News
The Colombian army said Saturday it had shut down the main radio station operated by the left-wing rebel group FARC. The army said troops captured transmitters and other broadcast equipment during the raid of a guerilla camp in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 20, 2011 | News
At least nine people have been killed in a bus crash some 100 miles west of Colombia’s capital Bogota, local media reported Sunday. The accident took place Saturday on the road connecting the city of Ibague with the nearby...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 19, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s retail sales grew in September at their slowest rate so far this year in a sign that domestic consumption may be moderating, while industrial output grew in the same month versus the same period last year....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 18, 2011 | News
The FARC is responsible for the deaths of two Indian leaders in the northwestern province of Antioquia, the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia, or ONIC, said Thursday. John Dobiana Mecheche and Fabio Domico, both...
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