Posted by Edward Fox | Feb 10, 2011 | News
The helicopters due to carry out Friday’s release of two more FARC hostages arrive in the southwest Colombian city of Florencia, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. The helicopters will carry a delegation made up of mediator...
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The U.S. Congress will allow the expiration of a the Andean Trade Preference Act, which allows many Colombian goods into the country duty-free, reports Reuters. The U.S. Congress is to allow the expiration of this program...
Read MorePosted by Edward Fox | Feb 10, 2011 | News
The chief of staff to ex-President Alvaro Uribe, Bernardo Moreno, is called as a witness in an investigation against the politician’s son Tomas Uribe, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. Along with Moreno, the prosecutor for...
Read MorePosted by Edward Fox | Feb 10, 2011 | News
The Colombian government withdrew its proposal to raise the retirement age Thursday. “The government considers it an act of responsibility to future generations to raise a reform that guarantees the viability and...
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Released FARC hostage Marcos Baquero has given his first interview since being returned to his family, media reported Thursday. Baquero spoke of the deplorable environment in which he was kept, stating, “not even on my own...
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