Posted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 15, 2013 | News
Colombia’s minister of foreign affairs announced on Thursday that Cali will host the next presidential summit for the Pacific Alliance, a trade bloc including Peru, Chile, Mexico, and Colombia. Colombia will assume...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 14, 2013 | News
The Colombian government has averted the rice farmers strike planned for March 19 by agreeing, early Thursday morning, to implement price controls to protect the industry’s profitability. The central point of the...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 13, 2013 | War and peace
Ivan Marquez, lead negotiator for the FARC, on Wednesday expressed his thanks to Nicholas Maduro, acting president of Venezuela, for continuing the “fundamental support” that Chavez offered to the peace talks between...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 13, 2013 | News
Former President Alvaro Uribe’s chief of staff, gained his liberty after a stint in jail for accusations of involvement in the illegal wiretapping of Supreme Court justices, journalists, human rights workers and opposition...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Mar 13, 2013 | News
An ambush by Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, the FARC, has on Tuesday left two policemen dead in southwestern Colombia. Responding to a call in the area the police patrol suffered a fatal attack from the guerrillas in...
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