Posted by Charles Parkinson | Feb 21, 2012 | News
Suspected FARC guerrillas have burned a bus and killed the driver, cutting off transport between Colombia’s western departments of Risaralda and Choco, reported Colombian media Monday. The incident occurred on the road...
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Former paramilitaries are being re-enlisted in a private army which will be used to violently resist the restitution of land to displaced farmers in the north-Colombia Cesar department, according to NGO Nuevo Arco Iris. The...
Read MorePosted by Charles Parkinson | Feb 21, 2012 | News
Controversial former Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba has announced the creation of a Liberal Party faction which could split the party, reported Colombian daily El Espectador Tuesday. According to Cordoba, the Liberal Party has...
Read MorePosted by Charles Parkinson | Feb 21, 2012 | Economy
Colombia will invest $197 million in its clogged air infrastructure, according to the director of the country’s civil aviation authority Aerocivil, reported Colombian daily El Pais Tuesday. The move was announced a day...
Read MorePosted by Charles Parkinson | Feb 21, 2012 | News
A former mayor in the east of Colombia, who has been charged with the murder of 30 people, remains at large, reported Associated Press Monday. Flaminio Cocinero Costo has been charged alongside Army Colonel Juan Carlos Castañeda...
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