Bogota airport plans fewer delays
Bogota’s El Dorado International Airport announces plans to minimize delays for travelers flying into Colombia’s capital city in December, reports La Republica Juan Pulido, general manager of Opain, the...
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FARC welcome election of Brazil president
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 12, 2010 | News
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC on Friday welcomed the election of Dilma Rousseff as president of Brazil, saying it trusts the Brazilian president-elect to promote peace. In a press release published on the website of...
Read MoreBotero is a FARC mouthpiece – so what?
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 12, 2010 | From the editor
Colombian journalist Jorge Enrique Botero denies being a mouthpiece for Colombia’s largest guerrilla group the FARC after releasing material of his stay in a guerrilla camp. This is false, but irrelevant. With this...
Read MoreSantos denies rumors of divisions within party
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 12, 2010 | News
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos and prominent members of his Partido de la U on Thursday denied rumors that the party is divided over supporting the government’s proposals. The president met with congressmen...
Read More‘Colombia fumigates coca on Ecuador border’
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 12, 2010 | News
Colombia has used airplanes to fumigate coca crops near the Ecuadorean border despite promising its neighbor not to, indigenous organizations claim. Ecuador is investigating the accusation, while the Colombian government denies....
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