Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 12, 2011 | News
The U.N. Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon commended Colombia for enacting its Victims’ Law, saying the legislation is a fundamental step towards resolving the conflicts that Colombians have endured for decades. The highest...
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After statements by guerrilla group FARC, wherein its leader said to be “hopeful” for a political solution to Colombia’s conflict between state and guerrillas and the organization called for a...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 11, 2011 | News
Eight policemen died in a helicopter crash in the east of Colombia Saturday. According to several media reports, the crash took place in Las Salinas, Casanare department. The helicopter belonged to the National Police and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 11, 2011 | News
“Alfonso Cano,” the supreme leader of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC says he is “optimistic” about finding an end to his rebel group’s 47-year armed conflict with the state. In a...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 11, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s inflation rate is forecast at 0.22% in June, up from 0.11 percent in the same month last year, according to a central bank poll of 42 analysts released on Friday. Latin American nations such as Colombia have...
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