Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 5, 2011 | News
Replacing FARC leader “Alfonso Cano,” who was killed by the Colombian army Friday, will be difficult as there is no clear successor and the guerrilla organization may take weeks to resolve its leadership issue....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 5, 2011 | News
The Colombian military “Operation Odysseus” that killed FARC leader “Alfonso Cano” on Friday began months earlier when armed forces attacked FARC camps in the south of the Tolima department where the FARC...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 5, 2011 | News
The death of FARC leader “Alfonso Cano” is the guerrilla organization’s “biggest blow in all its history,” Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday just after midnight, hours after the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 5, 2011 | Economy
Colombian exports surged in September, continuing a trend that has seen a sharp increase in overseas sales largely driven by commodities such as oil and coal. Exports for September jumped 36.2% from a year earlier to $4.48...
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Colombian army forces have killed “Alfonso Cano,” the supreme leader of the FARC, the country’s defense minister confirmed Friday. The defense minister said Colombia’s most wanted man was killed earlier...
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