Posted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 25, 2011 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos states that assassinations of peasant leaders who support land restitution for those displaced by violence must not be permitted and will not halt the process, the government reported Friday....
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 25, 2011 | News
Alvaro Castaño, husband of the late “First Lady” of TV Gloria Valencia de Castaño, thanked Colombian supporters, and asked them not to abandon him in this difficult moment. “There is such tenderness in the...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 25, 2011 | Culture
Medellin gave 410 musical instruments to the city music schools Friday as part of a cultural and social development project. The instruments were handed over by Secretary of Culture Luis Miguel Usuga Samudio in the Moravia...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 25, 2011 | Caribbean
The Colombian State Council ruled that beaches may not be claimed as private property by people using them for commercial or personal reasons, El Universal reported Thursday. The High Tribunal stated that marine beaches are...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 24, 2011 | News
Prosecutor General Viviane Morales has said that gender violence occurring in the context of Colombia’s internal conflict constitutes a crime against humanity. Morales made this announcement during the third international...
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