Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Feb 13, 2013 | News
Colombia’s Ombudsman said Wednesday there were 46 cases of child recruitment on the behalf of illegal armed groups during 2013, adding to the total of 4,935 cases since 1999. Ombudsman Jorge Armando Otalora Gomez asked...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Feb 13, 2013 | News
Two ex-members of the demobilized paramilitary coalition AUC are currently locked in a deadly struggle for control of the drug trade on Colombia’s eastern plains, known as Los Llanos. In the remote and largley lawless border...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Feb 12, 2013 | News
An attack attributed to Colombia’s largest rebel group, FARC, on Monday left one soldier and one child dead while at least 26 more were injured in the southern Colombian department of Guaviare. According to the mayor of the...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Feb 11, 2013 | War and peace
As the peace talks between Colombia’s largest guerrilla group and the government prepare to take a week-long break, the lead government negotiator on Monday said that the rebels should not come up with new proposals and instead...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Feb 11, 2013 | Culture
“Colombia, this is for you,” on Sunday said Colombian singer Juanes after receiving a Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album. The Medellin native received the Grammy for his MTV Unplugged album. “Thank you to the great master Juan Luis...
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