Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 17, 2010 | News
Kidnappings in Colombia are on the rise following 10 years of steady decline, according to official statistics released Monday. According to a report by Fondelibertad, a defense agency in charge of monitoring kidnappings in the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 17, 2010 | News
Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday turned down the Intelligence Act proposed by former President Alvaro Uribe to strengthen the authorities’ intelligence and counterintelligence operations. The court ruled...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 16, 2010 | News
Colombia’s Congress threatens to strike amid a clash with the country’s interior and justice minister over a delay in debates on anti-corruption measures. Congress President Armando Benedetti proposed to the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 16, 2010 | News
Colombia’s military command on Tuesday commented on the killing of an Ecuadorean minor in a air raid on a FARC camp. Jairo Antonio Erazo, chief of the Joint Pacific Command, told Caracol Radio that the bombing was...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 16, 2010 | Lite
Mexican pop singer Paulina Rubio faces a lawsuit for failing to appear at a concert in Colombia, the Miami Herald reported Tuesday. According to the Miami newspaper, the pregnant singer is being sued for breach of contract after...
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