Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 15, 2011 | News
Colombia’s ministry of Social Protection issued an alert for a possible outbreak of the adenovirus. According to the ministry, the alert specifically relates to the capital Bogota and other high-altitude regions where the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 15, 2011 | News
Colombian truckers have been blocking important roads in the capital Bogota since Monday afternoon to put pressure on the government to meet their demands regarding minimum freight rates. The Bogota action adds to a national...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 15, 2011 | News
Worried families of the two hostages who the FARC failed to release on Sunday called on the rebel group to keep its word and free their loved ones as promised. “Very respectfully we ask the FARC, [their leader] Alfonso...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 15, 2011 | News
The United States government wants to make severe cuts to Plan Colombia, the State Department’s budget proposals for 2012 show. The State Department wants Congress to approve $400 million for the U.S.-Colombian joint...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 14, 2011 | News
Criminal groups that emerged from the AUC and drug cartels have increasing control over Colombia’s cities and countryside and threaten to influence October’s local elections, the country’s Interior and Justice...
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