Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 20, 2012 | News
Three separate FARC attacks across Colombia have left one soldier dead and several vehicles destroyed on Friday, reported local media on the day the country is celebrating its independence from Spain. In one incident, suspected...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 20, 2012 | News
Suspected FARC guerrillas detonated dynamite on a bridge connecting two municipalities in Colombia’s southern Caqueta department, reported local media. The town of San Vicente del Caguan, located some 400km south of Bogota, was...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 20, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s Minister of Agriculture announced a $31 million plan Thursday to make animal husbandry more productive and competitive, Colombia’s W Radio reported. “The political instruments launched by the agricultural...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 19, 2012 | News
Former Colombian congresswoman Yidis Medina will be released from house arrest after having served three fifths of a four-year sentence for accepting bribes to vote in favor of the 2006 re-election bid of ex-President Alvaro...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jul 19, 2012 | News
Colombian authorities said Thursday they have reached an agreement with indigenous leaders to end the tense situation in the southwestern department of Cauca, although community leaders from the area disputed this claim....
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