Posted by Ben Hockman | Mar 11, 2011 | News
Former Colombian Senator Luis Eladio Perez has launched formal complaint with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights against former Presidents Andres Pastrana and Alvaro Uribe relating to the time he spent as a FARC...
Read MorePosted by Ben Hockman | Mar 11, 2011 | Economy
Less than 1% of Colombian farmland is insured, less than any other Latin American country, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, El Espectador reported Friday. While so many farmers remain uninsured...
Read MorePosted by Ben Hockman | Mar 9, 2011 | News
Colombian Congressman Ivan Cepeda alleges that state intelligence agency DAS had detailed plans to discredit the NGO Movimiento de Victimas de Crimenes de Estado (The Movement for Victims of Crimes of the State), Caracol Radio...
Read MorePosted by Ben Hockman | Mar 8, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday appointed his country’s new ambassadors to China and Cuba. Santos appoined the current president of clothing company Leonisa, Carlos Urrea, to the post of ambassador to...
Read MorePosted by Ben Hockman | Mar 7, 2011 | News
Alan Jara, former governor of the Meta department, is seeking more than $4 million (COP 8 billion) compensation from the state for the time he spent as a FARC hostage between 2001 and 2009, newspaper El Espectador reported...
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