Posted by Christan Leonard | Mar 6, 2012 | News
A cousin of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was injured in a botched kidnapping Tuesday. The cousin, Gabriel Posado, was allegedly kidnapped by four men and one woman on the road to the municipality of Salgar, some 20...
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Forced disappearances remain a persistent practise in Colombia, the United Nations Human Right’s Council concluded in a debate Tuesday, reported Radio Caracol. The Council discussed a report published by the United Nations...
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Emerald Energy has suspended oil operations in Colombia’s south western department of Caqueta following a succession of guerrilla attacks, Radio Caracol announced Tuesday. The company has decided to stop work in the San...
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | Mar 6, 2012 | Culture
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev awarded Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez a prestigious state prize Tuesday. A cancer-stricken Marquez received the Order of Honour for his work “strengthening the friendship between...
Read MorePosted by Christan Leonard | Mar 5, 2012 | News
The Colombian National Human Rights Unit ordered the incarceration of a former governor of Sucre Department Monday. Miguel Angel Nule Amin was last month caught trying to flee to the United States and is currently under hospital...
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