Posted by Matt Snyder | Jul 5, 2011 | Economy
Brazilian ex-president Lula de Silva will attend an economic forum in Bogota to explore business opportunities between Colombia and Brazil on Thursday, Portafolio.co reported. The economic forum will be sponsored by the...
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The mayor of the mountain town of Chaparral, where Colombia’s armed forces have been involved in an intense manhunt for FARC leader “Alfonso Cano,” said Monday the guerrillas have “always” been in...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 4, 2011 | Southwest Colombia
More than a million revelers visited the Bambuco Pageant and Folklore Festival in the Southern Colombia city of Neiva. Over the weekend of July 2-4, more than a million people visited Neiva to see the culmination of the Bambuco...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 4, 2011 | News
Dutch guerrilla Tanja Nijmeijer is commanding FARC forces in territory once under the oversight of the organization’s killed second-in-command, “Mono Jojoy,” a Dutch anti-FARC activist said Sunday. Liduine...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 4, 2011 | News
The governor of an indigenous community was shot to death in a town about 50 miles west of Medellin. Fernando Tequia, the slain governor, was murdered by two unidentified gunmen who were waiting at the door of his house. Tequia...
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