Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 15, 2010 | News
The Colombian government considers declaring a national emergency and asks the international community for assistance as local aid agencies are not able to deal with the more than 1.2 million victims of floods and landslides....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 13, 2010 | News
The government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday announced a $260 billion investment to reduce the country’s poverty rate with 5.6 percentage points. Santos announced he plans to reduce the poverty rate...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 12, 2010 | Bogota
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...
Read MorePosted 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 MorePosted 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...
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