Posted by Edward Fox | Mar 10, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Supreme Court has sentenced former Congressman Rafael Caballero to five years and seven months in prison for ties to the demobilized paramilitary group, the AUC, W Radio reports. Caballero accepted a plea...
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The leader of the government welfare initiative Familias en Accion (Families in Action) is killed by gunmen thought to belong to the FARC. Zoraida Acevedo Vargas was shot in front of her husband and four daughters at her home on...
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President Juan Manuel Santos is set to meet with members of the Conservative Party Monday to try and avoid a political crisis within the National Unity coalition. Frictions began to emerge after leading Conservative politicians...
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Politician Jorge Medrano has been assassinated in Monteria, the capital of the northern department of Cordoba, El Espectador reports. According to the local community, the homicide comes after a series of threats made against...
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Representatives of dairy businesses from across Colombia meet in Bogota to march in protest against the government’s actions towards the country’s milk industry, Radio Sante Fe reported Wednesday. The delegations,...
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