Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 18, 2011 | News
The governor of the southwestern Cauca department has asked the Colombian government to declare a state of emergency in the north of the department to release funds to rebuild towns that were nearly destroyed in recent attacks...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 17, 2011 | News
Two politicians who together with 18 others were kidnapped on Tuesday in the southwest of Colombia were released by their kidnappers on Sunday. The two were the last of the group to be released after alleged FARC rebels released...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 17, 2011 | News
Colombia coach Hernan Dario “Bolillo” Gomez is disappointed about the “unjust” elimination of his team from the Copa America. “We did everything but score,” the trainer told press....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 17, 2011 | News
Colombia’s armed forces said Sunday they had bombed and raided a major arms factory belonging to guerrilla group the FARC. In the attack, four guerrillas were allegedly killed. According to the security forces, the factory...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 16, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos offered a reward Saturday for anyone providing information leading to the arrest of a woman rebel allegedly linked to the kidnapping of four Chinese oil workers. Santos said a reward of up...
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