Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 29, 2010 | News
Readers of Colombia Reports elected former President Alvaro Uribe as Colombian of the year, just like they did in 2009 when he was still leading the country. The former president beat current president Juan Manuel Santos to the...
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday confirmed the death of “Cuchillo,” one of Colombia’s most wanted drug lords. In a televised press conference, Santos said Pedro Oliveiro Guerrero, alias...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 29, 2010 | News
Russia sent 25 tons of humanitarian aid to Colombia, where floods have devastated large parts of the country. According to Russian news agency Ria Novosti, Russia sent a plane with 50 tents, 2,000 blankets, two mobile power...
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Members of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC kidnapped five people, of which four belong to one family, authorities said Tuesday. The incident took place outside the town of Tame in the eastern Arauca department....
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday confirmed the capture of a prominent ELN rebel and said his country will not allow “the incursion of any subversive Colombian” group in his country. “In this I am...
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