Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 19, 2010 | News
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe considered allowing the U.S. military access to Colombian bases a way to deter possible Venezuelan attacks, a leaked cable from then-Ambassador to Bogota William Brownfield says. The cable...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 18, 2010 | News
Intelligence officials intercepted a 12-kilo bomb allegedly meant to be detonated at a military base in the city of Cali. According to the director of intelligence agency DAS, the bomb was found in a bus that had come from the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 18, 2010 | News
The Colombian branch of the Red Cross set the death toll of this year’s catastrophic rainy season at 281. According to the humanitarian organization, a total of 2.2 million people have so far been affected by the rains,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 18, 2010 | News
The Colombian army says it put a giant Christmas tree in the middle of a FARC-controlled area to encourage rebels to demobilize. According to the army’s website, it took two Black Hawk helicopters with the ground support...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 18, 2010 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday accused “some” protesters of receiving money from the country’s largest rebel group FARC. Santos did so at a communal meeting in Bogota. According to the...
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