Posted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 26, 2012 | News
Marxist guerrilla group, the ELN, sent a letter to the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) Monday requesting to be included in the peace process aimed at ending decades of armed conflict in Colombia. “We asked for a...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 26, 2012 | News
Ecuador’s minister of security, Homero Arellano, said Monday that his country is taking steps to strengthen security at its shared border with Colombia in order to reduce smuggling and the presence of illegal armed groups....
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 26, 2012 | News
Mayors from several municipalities in the northwestern department of Caldas, which has long been a popular site for mining operations, reported an increase in illegal mining and the spreading influence of armed groups in the...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 26, 2012 | Economy
The respective governments of Colombia and South Korea signed a joint declaration in Bogota Monday officially concluding negotiations of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries that began in 2009. “We...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 25, 2012 | News
Colombian former Congresswoman Yidis Medina, who has been serving jail time since 2010 for accepting a bribe, testified in court Monday after being charged with arranging a kidnapping-for-ransom plot. The controversial...
Read More