Dutch guerrilla explains why she joined the FARC
Radio Netherlands released a second video of Dutch guerrilla Tanja Nijmeijer in which she explains in her mother tongue why and how she joined the FARC.
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Police arrest 42 drug gang suspects
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 5, 2010 | News
Forty-two suspected members of drug gang “Los Paisas” were arrested in the Caribbean cities of Cartagena and Barranquilla, local police announced Thursday. The detainees are being investigated for alleged contract...
Read MoreIntroducing: Susana Rojas
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 4, 2010 | Lite
You don’t have to like Colombia’s innumerable soap operas to love the country’s incomparable soap opera actresses. One who has recently caught our eye is Susana Rojas, a bombshell who plays a Wayuu woman in the...
Read MoreUribe ordered to testify in Drummond case
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 4, 2010 | News
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday was subpoenaed to testify in a civil case against Alabama coal giant Drummond over the company’s alleged ties to paramilitary death squads. A group of 500...
Read MoreDISINFORMATION: FARC offer free Spanish classes to tourists
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 4, 2010 | Disinformation
Colombia’s largest rebel group the FARC plan to offer free Spanish courses to foreigners, following world-wide recognition of the high level of Spanish spoken by a Dutch guerrilla who has been in the Marxist group since...
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