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...
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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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Three policemen and one civilian were killed in an attack on a police patrol in the southern Colombian department of Caqueta. According to several media reports, armed men ambushed the policemen in the rural area outside of the...
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Colombia will create a Border Control System to prevent illegal armed groups and drug traffickers moving into neighboring countries. According to President Juan Manuel Santos, this system will help the troubled border regions to...
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday welcomed the ELN’s call for peace talks, but demands that the guerrillas release all hostages and stop terrorist activities before talks begin. In a press release on the...
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