UN rejects FARC dissidents’ demands, urges ‘unconditional’ release of kidnapped colleague
The United Nations on Thursday rejected demands by dissidents FARC guerrillas and reiterated its...
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Author: Adriaan Alsema
School’s out for Colombia until government invests in education: teachers
Public schools across Colombia suspended classes for almost a week on Thursday in an attempt to force the government to increase investment in education. The massive strike strike was organized by Fecode, Colombia’s...
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Colombia ombudsman urges authorities to curb cop killing spree
Exactly a year after reports paramilitary group AGC had embarked on a Pablo Escobar-like cop...
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‘FARC dissidents’ confirm holding UN official hostage
An alleged dissident faction of the FARC, until last year Colombia’s largest guerrilla...
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Colombia’s congress sinks anti-gay adoption referendum bill
Colombia’s Congress has rejected a referendum that sought to rewind a Constitutional Court...
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