FARC honors slain leader
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC sent out a statement Sunday in which it paid tribute to “Alfonso Cano,” the guerrillas’ recently killed leader, and reiterated its refusal to surrender while...
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‘It is time to think again about the war on drugs’: Santos
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 13, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos told U.K. weekly the Observer world leaders should “think again about the war on drugs” and consider legalizing drugs, including cocaine. “A new approach should try and...
Read MoreColombia rainy season killed 95 so far
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 13, 2011 | News
This year’s second rainy season has killed 95 people in Colombia since rains began in September, said the Red Cross Saturday. In its weekly report, the International Committee of the Red Cross said that over the past two...
Read MoreColombian students to lift strike, but under conditions
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 13, 2011 | News
Colombian students on Sunday vowed end a month-long strike, but under conditions, a student representative told Caracol Radio following a meeting of the national student council. According to student representative Boris Duarte,...
Read MoreFBI investigating multinationals in Colombia: Report
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 13, 2011 | News
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has visited members of the demobilized AUC jailed in Colombia to offer them benefits in exchange for information about their former organization’s ties to multinationals,...
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