Posted by Esteban Refshauge | Sep 19, 2012 | News
Almost 13 million Colombian children are at risk of forced recruitment by illegal armed groups, according to a commission chaired by the country’s Vice President. The office of Vice President Angelino Garzon released a...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Sep 19, 2012 | News
Authorities from four countries worked on a several month-long operation which led to the arrest of Daniel “El Loco” Barrera, Colombia’s “last of the great capos,” on a Venezuelan street on Tuesday....
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Sep 19, 2012 | War and peace
The widely praised peace talks between FARC rebels and the Santos government will likely end in failure, said a former adviser to former U.S. President George W. Bush Tuesday. “I am extremely skeptical about the FARC’s...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Sep 19, 2012 | News
“Land distribution is at the heart of Colombia’s problems,” claimed a leading scholar on Colombia earlier this month. “Eliminating the high concentration of land in the hands of the few is an essential component of the peace...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Sep 18, 2012 | Economy
Colombia needs to export more products to make the most of the recently signed Free Trade Agreement with the United States, reported online magazine Portafolio Tuesday. Director of the Office of Development Jose Gomez believed...
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