Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 17, 2011 | News
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba expressed her satisfaction over the successful release of six FARC hostages over the past week. Despite the three-day delay in rebel group’s release of the last two hostages, Cordoba...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 17, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Defense Minister came under fire Wednesday amid ongoing security concerns and after one of his guards was arrested for the armed robbery of a Bogota girls’ school. Thursday’s attack came from Senate...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 16, 2011 | News
The city of Medellin is in the throes of an alarming rise in forced displacement. According to the local ombudsman, 2010 saw a 130% rise in cases compared to the previous year and January of 2011 saw a 44% increase compared to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 16, 2011 | News
The FARC will release two hostages on Thursday or Friday, former Senator Piedad Cordoba said following a press conference on Tuesday. The two hostages, Salin Sanmiguel and Guillermo Solorzano, were supposed to have been released...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 16, 2011 | Economy
Colombian truckers decided to continue their two-week strike after talks with the vice president on Tuesday about maintaining fixed freight rates led to no immediate results. Vice President Angelino Garzon said he will meet with...
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