FARC return to classic guerrilla tactics
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC returned to old “hit and run” guerrilla tactics, which may result in the death of “about a thousand” members of the security forces this year, a Colombian...
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‘Truth Commission’ to study paramilitary cases
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 28, 2010 | News
An independent “Truth Commission” will study the cases of 17,0000 demobilized paramilitaries after Colombia’s constitutional court sank the suspension of prosecution of the former AUC members, newspaper El...
Read MoreMartinelli made secret visit to Honduras and ‘met with Uribe’
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 28, 2010 | News
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe met with Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli in Honduras, one day before Uribe’s former intelligence chief controversially was granted political asylum in Panama, several...
Read MoreFARC attacks kill 6 in southwest Colombia: authorities
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 28, 2010 | News
Four civilians and two members of the security forces were killed in Saturday in FARC attacks in the southwest of Colombia, authorities said. One soldier and three civilian coca eradicators were killed near the town of Leiva,...
Read MoreRains cause chaos at Bogota airport
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 27, 2010 | Bogota
Some 4,000 travelers were stranded on Bogota airport El Dorado Friday after Colombian airline Avianca canceled 39 domestic flights because of heavy rains. According to airport authorities, the extreme rains caused the air strips...
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