Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 23, 2011 | News
Colombian authorities have no idea of the whereabouts of some 5,000 former paramilitary fighters who were part of the massive demobilization of the AUC, newspaper El Tiempo reported on Sunday. According to the newspaper, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 23, 2011 | News
A ship carrying survivors of the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki left Japan Sunday for a trip that will take the Peace Boat to Colombia on February 25. The ship will arrive in Cartagena to unload humanitarian aid...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 23, 2011 | News
The Colombian army said on Saturday it killed at least six guerrillas of the FARC’s 6th front in the southwestern Colombian department of Cauca. According to military sources that talked to newspaper El Espectador, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 22, 2011 | News
Colombian authorities said Saturday they arrested a U.S. citizen who is accused of being one of the financial administrators of drug gang “Los Rastrojos.” According to the Colombian police, George Richard Baquero...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Colombia’s most famous singer Shakira has turned her home country gig in March into a seven-hour mini festival for the whole family. According to concert organizer Evenpro, the show that is part of Shakira’s...
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