Posted by Miriam Wells | Nov 29, 2011 | News
The European Union has called on the FARC to lay down their arms and release all prisoners, following the murder of four hostages during a rescue mission Saturday. The organization’s head of foreign policy, Catherine...
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Colombian Vice-President Angelino Garzon has insisted that military rescue attempts of FARC hostages will continue, despite the deaths of four prisoners in an army operation Saturday. Garzon said the government would continue to...
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Colombia’s agriculture minister called Monday for the urgent repair of rural roads damaged by winter rains. Agriculture minister Juan Camilo Restrepo Salazar said that the poor state of the roads would harm the Free...
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez announced the bilateral lifting of tariffs on 3,500 products, following a meeting Monday. Santos said the aim was to recover trade between the two...
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Pope Benedict XVI has condemned the execution of four hostages by the FARC and called for an end to violence in Colombia. The religious leader expressed his “pain” over the execution of the prisoners during a...
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