Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 10, 2011 | News
Armed men have assassinated a candidate for the council of Caldas, a town just outside the city of Medellin. The murder brought the number of killed local election candidates to nine. The assassination Friday happened a day...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 10, 2011 | News
The death toll of Saturday’s FARC bomb attack on several towns in the southwest of Colombia was raised to six, local media reported Sunday. Some 70 civilians were injured in the attack. According to Caracol Radio, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 10, 2011 | News
FARC guerrillas attacked a local market in southwest Colombia Saturday killing at least three people and injuring 70 others in the southwestern town of Toribio, its mayor told French press agency AFP. “It was a brutal...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 9, 2011 | News
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday called on Colombian authorities to investigate the “spate of killings” carried out by illegal armed groups in 2011 and to protect indigenous groups threatened by violence. According to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 9, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s exports jumped 31.9% in May to $4.7 billion compared with the same month last year, driven by oil and petroleum products, but total volume fell nearly 11%, the government said on Friday. Traditional exports...
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