Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 20, 2010 | News
Six former DAS officials suspected of involvement in the illegal wiretapping of government opponents requested political asylum in Panama, Colombia’s interior and justice minister confirmed Friday. Minister German Vargas...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 20, 2010 | News
“Fabian Ramirez,” the military chief of the FARC’s Southern Bloc has been killed in an air force bombing, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Saturday. “Preliminary information indicates that...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 19, 2010 | News
The foreign ministers of Colombia and Ecuador are “happy and satisfied” about progress made in re-establishing ties that were cut after a Colombian cross-border attack on a FARC camp in 2008, Colombia’s Foreign...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 19, 2010 | Economy
The delay in the ratification of a free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia is standing in the way of job creation in the U.S., Colombia’s ambassador to Washington said Thursday. According to Ambassador...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 19, 2010 | News
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday declared a state of public calamity in 28 of the country’s 32 departments to deal with emergencies caused by this year’s rainy season, which has caused the...
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