Posted by Charles Parkinson | May 1, 2012 | News
Violence between soccer fans in central Colombia left 11 civilians and three policemen wounded, reported Radio Caracol Tuesday. Authorities announced the arrest of 40 people at the “Holocausto” bar in Caldas,...
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French television network France 24 has sent two journalists to Colombia to gather information on the disappearance of Romeo Langlois, who was apparently taken hostage during an alleged FARC attack Saturday. “The...
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The alleged FARC guerrillas who carried out Saturday’s attack in southern Colombia, in which a French journalist was apparently injured and taken hostage, were wearing civilian clothes in contravention of international...
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Bogota’s roads were engulfed in a sea of orange Sunday, as part of the celebrations for Queen’s Day, the national holiday of the Netherlands. The annual Orange Bikeway hit Colombia’s capital for the third time,...
Read MorePosted by Charles Parkinson | Apr 30, 2012 | News
The alleged leader of the FARC’s 38th Front has been killed during military operations which left at least three other rebels dead in northeastern Colombia, according to local media. Efrain Mendez, alias “Guillermo...
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