Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 4, 2011 | News
The FARC are recruiting children as young as 12 from indigenous territories in the south west of Colombia, the Colombian army said Friday. According to the press office of the Colombian army, three former indigenous guerrillas...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 4, 2011 | News
Colombian armed forces have killed prominent FARC member “El Abuelo,” the guerrilla commander in charge of the security of the rebel group’s supreme commander “Alfonso Cano,” the Colombian army...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 4, 2011 | News
A Federal judge in Florida said Friday that a lawsuit filed against banana company Chiquita by 4,000 family members of Colombians killed by paramilitaries is allowed to move forward. U.S. District Judge Kenneth A. Marra ruled...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 3, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s oil production continued to surge in May, pushing the country closer to its production target of 1 million barrels per day for the year, Mining Minister Carlos Rodado said Thursday. Oil production in May...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 2, 2011 | News
14 candidates for the local elections held in Colombia in October have been assassinated so far this year, a NGO monitoring the elections said Thursday. In an interview with French Press Agency AFP, the director of the Electoral...
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