Posted by Matt Snyder | Jul 18, 2011 | News
Israel has urged Colombia to vote against the forming of a Palestinian state in an upcoming U.N. resolution and denies that Israeli construction projects in the West Bank are settlements, newspaper El Tiempo reported Sunday The...
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A Colombian gubernatorial candidate came under fire Sunday after a music video appeared in which he plays a mafia boss. A video of Arnulfo Gasca, who is running for governor of the southeastern Caqueta department, was released...
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Colombian disaster and relief agencies met Monday to prepare hurricane contingency plans for Colombia’s Caribbean coast. The meeting included state and non-profit organizations who reviewed existing emergency plans,...
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Colombia’s defense minister said Monday he could neither confirm nor rule out the death of a FARC commander during Sunday’s raid on a guerrilla arms factory, El Pais reported. Reports from Sunday’s raid were...
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Two suspected FARC guerrillas were killed and one was captured Sunday in the central Colombian department of Huila. Authorities said that the fighters, one male and one female, were suspected members of the FARC mobile division...
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