Flowers to be 1st Colombian export to US under FTA
Colombia’s first export to the United States under the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement will be a shipment of 4,200 boxes of flowers, Portfolio News reported Sunday. A plane carrying the…
Colombia’s first export to the United States under the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement will be a shipment of 4,200 boxes of flowers, Portfolio News reported Sunday. A plane carrying the…
Extradited leader of the AUC paramilitary group Salvatore Mancuso said the 2006 reelection of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was financed by paramilitaries. In an interview with Caracol Radio, Mancuso…
Imprisoned AUC paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso accused former Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo of involvement in the false demobilization of the AUC and a nonexistent FARC front. In his first…
A total of 191 guerrillas have been killed in clashes with Colombian security forces this year, Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said Thursday. Of the 191 killed, 176 were allegedly…
Colombian singer Shakira has been nominated for two awards presented by Latin television network Univision, RCN Radio reported Thursday. Shakira accepted the nominations for “Best Moves” and “My Pop Artist”…
An alleged FARC attack on police facilities in central Colombia has left two police officers dead, W Radio reported Friday. The FARC reportedly assaulted a police station, a cellphone tower,…
Colombia’s Technical Investigation Team captured suspected drug trafficker Aristides Pacheco Benitez in western Colombia, newspaper El Espectador reported Thursday. Pacheco is believed to be linked to the criminal gang the…
The 11th annual Fashion Circle of Bogota kicked off Wednesday with a show by demobilized guerrilla Alvaro Perez, commonly known as “The Tailor of the FARC.” The collection, entitled “Freedom,”…
The Colombian Senate proposed a bill which would allow anonymous testimony in cases regarding violations of international humanitarian law, newspaper El Espectador reported Thursday. “Many people fear to make such…