Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 5, 2011 | News
The latest member of the Congressional commission investigating former President Alvaro Uribe’s alleged involvement in the illegal wiretapping of government opponents said Saturday he has asked international judicial...
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Venezuela has arrested one of the leading drug traffickers from drug gang Los Rastrojos, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. According to Santos, Venezuelan state forces arrested Rubernei Vargas, alias...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 4, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s consumer prices rose 0.28 percent in May, the government’s DANE statistics agency said on Saturday, above market expectations due to surge in food prices. Higher-than-expected consumer prices could fuel...
Read MorePosted 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...
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