Posted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 7, 2012 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos said the FARC’s 37th Front was dismantled after eight guerrillas were killed in a military operation, reported local media Thursday. “There remained a stronghold that had five to 15...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 6, 2012 | News
An estimated 700 emails from the computer of former AUC commander and drug lord Vicente Castaño revealed the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and many top Colombian politicians may have been working with the paramilitary...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 6, 2012 | News
Eight Colombian police and military members who were kidnapped by the FARC attended Pope Benedict XVI’s general audience Wednesday at the Vatican in Rome. “It will be poignant for the soldiers and family members...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 6, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office warned Tuesday that 1,500 demobilized paramilitaries could be released in 2013 without having been investigated for human rights violations. As part of the 2005...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 5, 2012 | Bogota
The Afrocumbia All Star Vol. 2 festival will bring hip shaking Afro-Colombian vibes to Bogota’s Metro Theater June 15. This year’s event features four of the brightest acts in cumbia, a musical genre that fuses...
Read More