Posted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 12, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s central bank unveiled five new coins that will begin circulation Wednesday. The upgraded coins, in denominations of 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1,000 pesos, all feature pictures of native Colombian animals. The...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 12, 2012 | News
Colombia’s air force lost contact with an airplane in Honduras that was stolen from an airport in the northwestern department of Antioquia Sunday. Colombia sent a reconnaissance fighter jet to locate the stolen Cesna 210...
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Land that was stolen by the late FARC commander Pedro Antonio Marin Marin, alias “Manuel Marulanda Velez,” was finally returned to the Colombian state after being controlled by the guerrilla group for close to 30...
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Former senator and government mediator Piedad Cordoba requested an interview Monday with the incoming secretary general of the Union of South American Nations, (UNASUR) Venezuela’s Ali Rodriguez. In a letter to Rodriguez,...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 11, 2012 | News
The defense for Sigifredo Lopez, a former politician accused of arranging his own kidnapping with the FARC along with 11 others, requested the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) turn over their voice analysis of a video...
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