Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 29, 2012 | News
The Colombian government denies in front of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) any responsibility for an alleged 1998 aerial bombardment that left 17 people dead and 27 injured. The state is attempting to get the...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 29, 2012 | News
A suspected FARC attack left one soldier dead and two civilians wounded in the western department of Choco, reported radio station Caracol Friday. The killed policeman was identified as the 35-year-old Mauricio Gonzalez Arango...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 29, 2012 | News
Bogota’s mayor, Gustavo Petro, still had an unfavorable image among Bogota’s citizens, according to the latest Gallup poll released Friday. According to the poll, only 30% said they approved of Petro’s way of handling the cities...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 28, 2012 | News
Colombia’s second largest rebel group, ELN, has declared oil workers in the eastern Arauca department a “military objective,” according to local authorities. A number of barracks housing oil workers and their families were...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 28, 2012 | News
Colombian police said Thursday four members of the left-wing guerrilla group FARC had been captured in the northwestern Antioquia department, reported newspaper El Colombiano. Police said that the arrests were made possible by...
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