Posted by Edward Fox | Apr 7, 2011 | News
Members from more than 100 organizations are set to march Thursday in areas across the country as the administration of President Juan Manuel Santos faces its first major protest, Spanish news agency EFE reports. University...
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Speculation is growing that news over the stalled U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement is imminent with the Wall Street Journal, Reuters and New York Times sources reporting an agreement could be announced Wednesday. “I hear...
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Authorities in the northeastern department of Arauca have seized seven tons of explosives thought to belong to the FARC, La.FM reported Wednesday. Commander of the Aracua police department Colonel William Guevara, told media...
Read MorePosted by Edward Fox | Apr 6, 2011 | News
The government is set to file before Congress on Wednesday an ambitious reform plan for the country’s prison system that seeks to eradicate corruption and indiscipline within penitentiaries, Caracol Radio reports....
Read MorePosted by Edward Fox | Apr 4, 2011 | News
Paramilitaries and drug traffickers may have controlled 10% of Colombia’s land, according to a 2007 diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks Sunday, via El Espectador. The figure came from a series of studies which showed...
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