Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 25, 2011 | News
Colombian journalist Hollman Morris received the International Nuremberg Human Rights Award on Sunday in Germany for his coverage of political violence in his native country. ‘You are the Colombian voice of freedom. You...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 25, 2011 | Guests
Having entered Colombia with a U.S. passport, you would expect to be able to leave the country with the same passport without difficulty if you have otherwise respected the visa duration. This apparently is not always so. The...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 25, 2011 | News
Rebels of the FARC have attacked six villages in the southwest of Colombia over the weekend, local media reported Sunday. According to newspaper El Tiempo, one soldier was killed when the FARC launched a self-made missile at a...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 25, 2011 | Economy
Colombia needs a drastic rural reform if the country wants to further develop, decrease its high inequality rate and diminish the country’s violence, the United Nations says. According to the latest report by the United...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 24, 2011 | News
Authorities in the south of Colombia arrested an alleged member of the FARC, accused to be the main medic of the guerrilla group’s Southern Bloc. According to the authorities, the arrested Heberto Sanchez, alias...
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