Posted by Manuela Kuehr | Dec 3, 2010 | News
Colombia’s army and security agency DAS arrest 19 suspected members of the gang “Los Urabeños” in north-west Antioquia, RCN Radio reported Friday. During the operation in the municipality of Yali, the army...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Dec 3, 2010 | News
Colombia’s courts on Wednesday convicted a third demobilized paramilitary participating in the Justice and Peace process, Semana reports. Jorge Ivan Laverde Zapata, alias “El Iguano,” has been found guilty in...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Dec 3, 2010 | Tourism
Tourists are deterred from coming to Colombia not by the country’s dangerous image but by the high price of international flights, according to the Tourism Ministry. “One of the reasons why we do not have more...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Dec 2, 2010 | Tourism
Brazilian airline TAM announces that flights on its new route between Bogota and Sao Paulo will start December 19, Dinero reports. During the ABAV Fair of the Americas, an international tourism trade fair held in Sao Paulo in...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Dec 2, 2010 | News
A string of rebel leaders have deserted the FARC, stealing money from secret hiding places and leaving the guerrillas worried about their future, El Tiempo reported Thursday. “Cachirri,” finance chief of the...
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