Posted by Esteban Refshauge | Oct 2, 2012 | News
Protests in the downtown area of Colombia’s second biggest city Medellin have continued from Monday. Disenchanted street vendors staged low-scale demonstrations in Medellin Tuesday morning. The two protests took place at...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Oct 2, 2012 | News
As many as 83 human rights defenders have been assassinated in Colombia’s northwestern department of Antioquia from 2010 to September 2012, reported newspaper El Tiempo Tuesday. During the same period 111 human rights...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Oct 2, 2012 | War and peace
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has taken the first step to suspend the arrest warrants against FARC’s spokesmen just days before peace talks are expected to begin, reported local media Tuesday. Santos recently sent...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Oct 1, 2012 | News
Police have apprehended the alleged commander of FARC’s 34th front in the city of Medellin, reported local media Monday. Authorities have managed to detain Fernando Palacios Salazar, alias “El Niche,” who is an alleged commander...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Oct 1, 2012 | Medellin
For the third consecutive year and for the first time in Medellin, young Colombians from around the country will participate in the exciting “Hey Mozart!” competition this coming Sunday. The ‘Hey Mozart!’ competition...
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