Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 12, 2011 | News
Colombia’s government said Tuesday that 2,381 members of Colombian guerrilla groups deserted their ranks in 2010. According to the Program for Humanitarian Attention for the Demobilized (PAHD), 2,009 of these demobilized...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 11, 2011 | Economy
Pacific Rubiales Energy expects to increase output to 265,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day at the end of 2011, more than doubling its output for the end of 2010. Colombia’s second-largest oil producer plans to expand...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 11, 2011 | News
Congressmen of the coalition De la U party insist that former president Alvaro Uribe should run for mayor of Bogota, despite the fact that the party members see this as a “remote possibility.” Senator Roy Barreras,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 11, 2011 | News
A German man was arrested by Bogota police for attempting to extort a Colombian woman. The 57-year year old business administrator threatened to publicize compromising photos of the woman if she didn’t pay him 10 million...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 11, 2011 | News
Spanish and French authorities on Tuesday arrested two alleged members of Basque separatist group ETA suspected of collaborating with Colombian guerrilla group FARC. French police arrested Iraitz Guesalaga and Spanish police...
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