Posted 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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 26, 2011 | News
Over 1,800 displaced people have arrived in the north Colombian town of Anori following alleged threats by the FARC’s 36th Front. Farmers from the rural areas outside Anori started arriving in the town earlier this week...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 26, 2011 | News
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba still has not received details on the hostage release promised by the FARC on December 8, she told press Tuesday. “The date is coming closer,” said Cordoba, adding that “we are...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 26, 2011 | News
A former president of Colombia’s Supreme Court demands more than $1 million from the government to compensate for illegal spying. Yesid Ramirez, who finished his eight-year term as Supreme Court magistrate in September...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 26, 2011 | News
Peace talks between the Colombian government and the country’s largest rebel group FARC are possible if the guerrillas show the will to disarm, said President Juan Manuel Santos in an interview Wednesday. Santos told...
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