Posted by Miriam Wells | Dec 8, 2011 | News
A judge in New York sentenced a FARC guerrilla to 11 years in prison for conspiring to financially support a terrorist organization. Jorge Abel Ibarguen Palacio, who pleaded guilty in February to collaborating with the FARC,...
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The United Nations human rights office representative in Colombia, Christian Salazar, reiterated his call for a peaceful solution to the conflict Thursday, following the FARC’s announcement of hostage release plans. At a...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Dec 8, 2011 | News
A Dutch member of the FARC has said the rebels have not been weakened by the Colombian government’s assassination of their leader, Alfonso Cano. Tanja Nijmeijer, who gave an interview in the jungle to an unidentified...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Dec 7, 2011 | News
The European Commission has announced aid to 19 countries including Colombia will come to an end in 2014, to help those more in need. Countries such as China, Brazil, Argentina and Venezuela, alongside Colombia, are now...
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A deliberate strategy by Colombia’s former intelligence agency to undermine NGOs and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has been revealed in secret documents. According to files discovered by Radio Caracol, the 2004...
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