Posted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 11, 2012 | News
An increase in ash emissions from Colombia’s volatile Nevado del Ruiz volcano was reported by the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Manizales Monday. The increase in ash was caused by tremors within the...
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Colombia’s state-run Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM) predicted Monday that the current high-temperatures affecting Colombia will continue until September. Julian Corrales, head of...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 11, 2012 | News
A player from Barranquilla’s Uniautonoma Football Club was shot dead at a bar while a teammate remains in the hospital with four gunshot wounds, reported local media Sunday. Alex de Avila was shot while chatting with...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 8, 2012 | News
Several paramilitary leaders with knowledge of the alleged wiretapping of political officials by the former head of Colombia’s now-dismantled security agency and former President Alvaro Uribe’s chief of staff were...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 8, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that a group of victims who suffered at the hands of an AUC front will have their pending compensation benefits suspended. Victims of the AUC’s Jose Pablo Diaz Front, headed by...
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