Posted by Hannah Mead | Apr 11, 2013 | News
Ivan Cepeda Thursday urged the government to take action on the abominable conditions in Colombia’s prisons, amid reported hunger strikes and non-violent protests by inmates. “It is very important that we resolve the...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Mead | Apr 10, 2013 | News
Colombian Senator Armando Benedetti on Tuesday said he was optimistic that the gay marriage bill he introduced will pass, despite the chaos surrounding recent debates on the issue. Benedetti, who introduced the gay marriage bill...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Mead | Apr 10, 2013 | News
The Colombian government on Monday announced the repossession of 250 acres of land in Tayrona National Park that had been illegally occupied. On Monday a government body, consisting of members from Colombia’s Registry and...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Mead | Apr 9, 2013 | War and peace
Colombia’s largest rebel group the FARC confirms the arrival of two more guerrilla delegates to the peace talks in Havana, Cuba. The new arrivals, identified on the FARC’s peace-talk blog as Laura Villa and Sergio...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Mead | Apr 9, 2013 | War and peace
Colombia’s prosecutor general on Monday lifted 50 arrest warrants against six leaders of the FARC rebel group to allow them to participate in the ongoing peace talks with the government in Cuba. “More than 51 arrest...
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