Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2011 | News
Neo-paramilitary groups active in the north Colombian department of Cordoba are willing to demobilize, the Catholic Church said Sunday. According to Monteria bishop Julio Cesar Vidal, a number of the drug traffickers that are...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2011 | News
A Bogota man deliberately set his own home on fire while celebrating his birthday, local media reported Monday. According to newspaper El Espectador, four people had to be taken to hospital for smoke inhalation and police had to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2011 | Economy
Colombia should focus on improving trade ties with its neighbors as a free trade agreement with the United States is not going to be approved soon, the president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) said in an interview...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 16, 2011 | News
United States drug czar Gil Kerlikowske will be in Colombia from Monday until Thursday, a source within the U.S. embassy in Bogota told Spanish press agency EFE Sunday. During his visit, Kerlikwoske will meet with high...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 16, 2011 | News
Colombia’s armed forces on Sunday announced the arrest of seven suspected members of drug gang “Los Urabeños” in the northern Cordoba department. The arrest follows the murder of two students of a prestigious...
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