Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 27, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos delivered a speech on international organized crime at a lunch in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday despite an explosion in the hotel where the event was scheduled. The explosion occurred at 9...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 27, 2011 | News
Police in the central Colombian Tolima department arrested a colleague who was caught with 227 pounds of coca base in his car. The 37-year-old police major from the southern Caqueta department was arrested at a road block in the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 27, 2011 | News
United States President Barack Obama will visit Colombia in 2012, several Colombian media reported Thursday. According to newspaper El Espectador, a White House official said that Obama will attend the Americas Summit which will...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 27, 2011 | News
The FARC said Wednesday it is ready to proceed with the promised release of five hostages, but is waiting to receive security protocols from the government. In a press release, sent to Venezuelan television network TeleSUR, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 26, 2011 | News
At least 30 miners are trapped and feared dead following an explosion in a coal mine in the northern Colombian department of Norte de Santander, Colombian media reported Wednesday. Authorities say that the chance that the miners...
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