Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 14, 2011 | Culture
Colombian musical act ChocQuibTown missed out on a Grammy Award, but gave a stunning performance at the award ceremony on Sunday. The band from the western Colombian city of Quibdo were nominated in the Best Latin Rock,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 13, 2011 | News
The Organization of American States (OAS) backs the Colombian government in its position to only agree to peace talks with the FARC if the rebels release all hostages, OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza said. Insulza was...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 13, 2011 | News
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba wants President Juan Manuel Santos to authorize her to talk to the FARC and mediate a political way out of Colombia’s 45-year-long armed conflict between state and leftist rebels. In an...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 13, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos does not rule out his government will support the legalization of the consumption of illicit drugs if beneficial to the reduction in crime. “It is a possibility we can discuss. I am...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 13, 2011 | News
Brazilian helicopters carrying mediator Piedad Cordoba and Red Cross delegates leaves the airport of Ibague Sunday morning for the last of three hostage release operations. The mission took to the southern-Colombian jungles...
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