Adriaan Alsema, Author at Colombia News

UN urges Colombia to dismantle paramilitary groups

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 25, 2021 | War and peace

The director of the United Nations’ human rights office in Colombia urged to prioritize a...

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 23, 2021 | Elections

The governor of Cesar, a member of one of Colombia’s most notorious crime families, said to...

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 23, 2021 | War and peace

At least 11 people were killed in Colombia’s most southwestern municipality over the weekend...

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 22, 2021 | War and peace

Colombia’s far-right President Ivan Duque has recreated the conditions that make a new war...

Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 22, 2021 | Analysis

Colombia’s drug traffickers have claimed buying political support for decades, a practice...