Posted 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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 17, 2010 | Economy
Colombia’s central bank Friday held its benchmark interest rate for an eighth consecutive month, citing slow price increases, but also warned that devastating rains are starting to push up food prices. The central bank...
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