Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 21, 2011 | News
The central Colombian town of Landazuri has been left without a council after the arrest of at least nine of the 11 members of the legislative body. According to several media reports, the politicians were arrested on Sunday on...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 21, 2011 | News
The now-defunct paramilitary Cacique Pipinta Bloc financially supported the 2002 presidential campaign of former President Alvaro Uribe, the former commander of the bloc told Noticias Uno. According to Pablo Hernan Sierra, alias...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 21, 2011 | News
A man left the remains of his son, an army sergeant, on Bogota’s central Bolivar square Sunday. The man claims his son was executed by colleagues in 2006 when he refused to kill civilians. “I am here to protest the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 20, 2011 | News
Whistleblower website WikiLeaks gave Colombian newspaper El Espectador 16,000 leaked diplomatic cables, which the newspaper will publish over the coming few months. According to the newspaper, it had received cables from...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 20, 2011 | News
Extradited FARC guerrilla “Cesar” in 2008 negotiated the release of his then-captive Ingrid Betancourt with the Colombian government without the knowledge of his superiors, his lawyer confirmed. In an interview with...
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