Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 20, 2011 | News
Colombian authorities are investigating accusations by farmers near the border town of Tibu who say they were shot at by Venezuelan soldiers. According to the Colombian farmers, the shooting incident took place on Tuesday when...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 20, 2011 | Economy
Six U.S. Congressmen on an official visit to Bogota said Tuesday they think that the free trade agreement between the U.S. and Colombia will be ratified by July. The Democratic and Republican Congressmen were in the Colombian...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 19, 2011 | News
Alfonso Cano, the supreme leader of guerrilla group FARC, has ordered commanders abroad to return to Colombia, newspaper El Tiempo Monday reported citing intelligence sources. “The war is here and we need people,”...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 19, 2011 | News
Juliana Sosa Toro, the Colombian girlfriend of Mexican drug trafficker “El J.J.” was released from her Mexican jail Monday after being held in relation to last year’s attempted murder of Paraguayan soccer...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 19, 2011 | News
Guerrillas of the FARC have kidnapped two soldiers from village 40 miles southwest of Medellin, the army said in a press release Monday. The alleged kidnapping took place on the in El Limon, a town in the south of the Antioquia...
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