Posted by Edward Fox | Feb 9, 2011 | News
Marcos Baquero, the first of five FARC hostages to be released this week, sees his family for the first time in 19 months in the town of Villavicencio, reports Caracol Radio. The helicopter carrying Marcos Baquero, a former...
Read MorePosted by Edward Fox | Feb 9, 2011 | News
The Medellin River, which runs through Colombia’s second largest city, continues to be the site of grisly discoveries with four corpses found so far this year, according to a report by El Espectador. Last year 48 bodies in...
Read MorePosted by Edward Fox | Feb 9, 2011 | News
The first of five FARC hostage has been successfully rescued and is on his way to Villavicencio airport, peace advocate group Colombians for Peace announced. Marcos Baquero, a former councilman of San Jose del Guaviare in...
Read MorePosted by Edward Fox | Feb 8, 2011 | Economy
The Colombian government suspends the approval of new mining licenses until June due to high application levels and safety concerns, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. During a visit to the mining area of Marmato in...
Read MorePosted by Edward Fox | Feb 8, 2011 | News
Mediator Piedad Cordoba arrives in Colombia after torrential rain delayed her departure from Brazil, where she collected helicopters and pilots for the FARC hostage release mission, reports El Tiempo. “Now we are in the...
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