Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 24, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday thanked his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez for the Venezuelan arrest of Joaquin Perez Becerra, accused of being a member of the FARC’s international front. According to...
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The first rainy season in Colombia this year is causing unprecedented destruction throughout the country. According to the Red Cross, 93 Colombians lost their lives, five are missing and 69,000 are homeless because of mudslides...
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A suspected Colombian guerrilla sought by his home country for alleged involvement in terrorism was detained Saturday when he flew in to Venezuela, authorities said. A government statement said Joaquin Perez Becerra when he...
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Former President Alvaro Uribe and his son Tomas began a Twitter offensive against leftist Semana columnist Leon Valencia Sunday after a column implicating the former president’s sons in 12 scandals. According to Uribe,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 24, 2011 | News
A prosecutor in the east Colombian city of Bucaramaga on Saturday prevented the premature release of an important FARC guerrilla by filing a new arrest warrant. FARC member “Chucho,” one of the right-hand men of...
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