Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 28, 2011 | News
The FARC’s 48th Front has formed alliances with criminal groups to secure its drug trafficking activities in the south of Colombia, the country’s defense minister said Thursday. Minister Rodrigo Rivera, who was...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 28, 2011 | Economy
White House spokesmen on Thursday reiterated statements U.S. President Barack Obama made Tuesday in his State of the Union address; the administration will work towards the approval of a free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 27, 2011 | News
Colombia is waiting for the Red Cross and mediator Piedad Cordoba to give the green light before it signs the necessary security protocol for the FARC hostage release operation, a defense source told newspaper El Espectador....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 27, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos delivered a speech on international organized crime at a lunch in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday despite an explosion in the hotel where the event was scheduled. The explosion occurred at 9...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 27, 2011 | News
Police in the central Colombian Tolima department arrested a colleague who was caught with 227 pounds of coca base in his car. The 37-year-old police major from the southern Caqueta department was arrested at a road block in the...
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