Posted by Christan Leonard | Apr 24, 2012 | News
Armed clashes between the Colombian military and the FARC displaced 72 families in the western Colombian department of Cauca, Radio Caracol reported Monday. Fighting occurred in the rural area of Miranda, in the mountainous...
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | Apr 24, 2012 | News
China and Colombia increased their economic and cultural cooperation by signing five new bilateral agreements, announced Colombia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Monday. After a meeting between Colombian President Juan...
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | Apr 24, 2012 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced a new initiative Monday to provide free housing for 100,000 of Colombia’s poorest families over the next 24 months. Santos’ proposal is based on policies that have...
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | Apr 23, 2012 | News
Two Colombian union leaders have received death threats from the Aguilas Negras neoparamilitary group, the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) said Monday. According to WOLA, the President and Vice-President of...
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | Apr 23, 2012 | Southwest Colombia
The city of Popayan has honored one of their most distinguished sons, Guillermo Valencia, with a beautiful museum in a neoclassical mansion just a few blocks from the city’s central square. The National Museum of Guillermo...
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