Posted by Johnny Crisp | Mar 21, 2013 | War and peace
Colombia’s senate president on Wednesday announced a series of meetings to be held in New York, London and other world cities to explain the peace process between the government and rebel group FARC. Senate President,...
Read MorePosted by Johnny Crisp | Mar 21, 2013 | News
Captain Edwin Mariño Caballero was assassinated on Wednesday near his home in Colombia’s third largest city Cali, after leading the operation that brought down alias “El Anticristo”. Mariño, who was the police chief...
Read MorePosted by Johnny Crisp | Mar 21, 2013 | News
Colombian environmental institutions and organizations have teamed up to provide more effective protection against deforestation in the country’s Amazon region. From 2013 onwards, a collective of environmental...
Read MorePosted by Johnny Crisp | Mar 20, 2013 | News
Minister of Defense Juan Carlos Pinzon on Wednesday has clarified the limits of possible new military powers outlined in a new reform initiative to combat criminal groups. The initiative, introduced to Congress on Tuesday,...
Read MorePosted by Johnny Crisp | Mar 20, 2013 | War and peace
The United Nations Human Rights Office on Wednesday called on Colombia to resist granting amnesty to rebels of the FARC, the country’s largest rebel groups and currently engaged in peace talks. Navi Pillay, the High...
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