Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 21, 2011 | News
U.S. security aid and even officials may have been linked to illegal actions by the Colombian government in the guise of fighting terrorism and drug smuggling, The Washington Post said late Saturday. U.S. money, equipment and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 20, 2011 | News
Authorities in southwest Colombia said Friday they found a car with five men and one woman, all shot to death, next to a sugar cane field. According to the police commander of the Valle de Cauca department where the bodies were...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 20, 2011 | News
Colombian Armed Forces have increased operations in the north of the country to prevent three recently kidnapped oil workers from being sold to the FARC, said the commander of the armed forces Friday. According to Admiral Edgar...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 19, 2011 | News
The United States Thursday praised Colombia’s “vigorous” measures to fight domestic terrorism and its increase in international counterterrorism cooperation and training efforts. In its annual Country Reports...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 19, 2011 | News
Former Medellin Mayor Luis Perez and former Antioquia Governor Anibal Gaviria are neck and neck in the race for the Medellin Mayor’s Office, a newly released poll showed Thursday. According to the poll, Perez and Gaviria...
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