Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 10, 2011 | News
The alleged leader of drug gang “Los Machos” was arrested Saturday in the southwest of Colombia, authorities said. Hilber Nover Urdinola, alias “Don H,” was arrested in the town of Roldadanillo, Cauca,...
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez signed 16 bilateral treaties that seek to improve trade relations between the two neighboring countries. “It was a very productive meeting....
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“Ernesto Baez,” one of the former leaders of paramilitary organization AUC, was sentenced to 36 years in jail Thursday for the murder of a union leader in 2001. A Bogota judge considered the jailed paramilitary...
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U.S. Congress should see that human rights commitments made by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos are “vigorously enforced,” Human Rights Watch said after Santos and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama announced...
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Colombia’s Interior and Justice Minister said Thursday that marches against a proposed education reform took place without irregularities. “Today they behaved exemplary. The march ended without any incident we should...
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