Posted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 18, 2013 | News
The FARC denied ownership of the four tons of cocaine captured last week in western Colombia, claiming to be a political and military organization “too serious” for that sort of thing. “This makes us me laugh,...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 15, 2013 | News
As he signed legislation on youth education programs, President Juan Manuel Santos reminded the country on Friday of the high rate of teen pregnancy in Colombia. “We have to recognize that in this specific aspect [teen...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 15, 2013 | War and peace
The Colombian government flatly rejected the proposal by rebel group FARC to increase the size of peasant land reservations, prompting claims on Friday that “enemies” of the peace talks “lurk” in the...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 15, 2013 | News
The Colombian inspector general’s office expressed on Thursday its opposition to hate crimes and persecution against the gay community and human rights activists. Hilda Myriam Hoyos Castañeda, deputy attorney general for...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 15, 2013 | News
A judge convicted five members of the Colombian military for the extrajudicial murders of five farmers who were presented as combat kills. Over the course of several incidents in 2004 a military patrol killed five civilians of...
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