Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 10, 2011 | News
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrives for an unofficial visit to Colombia to seek support for his people’s bid to be recognized a state by the United Nations. The trip to Colombia is one of a series of trips to U.N....
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Four men and two women were killed in a farmhouse in the north of Colombia. One of the victims was a demobilized paramilitary allegedly still involved in drug trafficking. The massacre took place Friday evening just outside the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 9, 2011 | News
Centrist candidate Enrique Peñalosa topped a Bogota mayoral poll released Saturday with his main opponents Gustavo Petro and Gina Parody percentage points behind. According to the poll carried out by Ipsos-Napolean Franco,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 9, 2011 | News
The Colombian army said Saturday it has killed five ELN guerrillas in combat near the town of Fortul where it stepped up operations to find the 10-year old daughter of the local mayor who was kidnapped late last month. According...
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A 71-year-old Puerto Rican man who spent three days adrift in the Caribbean was rescued by the Colombian coast guard, the navy said in a statement Saturday. His wrecked boat was located off the Colombian coast northwest of the...
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