Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 1, 2011 | News
The five hostages the FARC promised to release will be home before the end of this month, mediator Piedad Cordoba said Saturday. “The new year message to those who are about to be surrendered is very positive. We are only...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 1, 2011 | News
The Colombian army said Friday that in 2010 it had killed 483 guerrillas, arrested 5,045 members of illegal armed groups, while 1,690 members of these groups voluntarily demobilized. In the army’s year-end report, it said...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 1, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez are meeting on the sideline of the inauguration of Brazil’s President-elect Dilma Rousseff Saturday. According to a press release by the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 31, 2010 | News
Forced displacement because of violence dropped 48 percent in 2010 compared to the year before, says Accion Social, the government agency responsible aiding displaced. According to the government agency, 86,309 persons were...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 31, 2010 | News
The arrest of seven suspected members of a drug gang in the north of Colombia has left the organization originally set up by paramilitary drug lord “Don Mario” basically dismantled, said Colombian authorities....
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