Posted by Sarah Kinosian | Jun 19, 2012 | News
Colombia has the seventh highest number of registered refugees living outside its borders, according to a recent report from the United Nations Agency for Refugees (UNHCR). Between 1997 and 2011, about 3.9 million Colombians...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Jun 14, 2012 | News
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will analyze information regarding the Colombian army murdering civilians and disguising them as guerrillas killed in combat to artificially inflate their enemy kill count. “We are asking...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Jun 14, 2012 | News
Colombia’s trade minister announced Thursday that the free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) would be finalized June 26. The announcement came on the heels of the European Parliament’s (EP) statement Wednesday...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Jun 14, 2012 | News
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos claimed the armed conflict that has plagued his country for nearly 50 years is in its final stage and ordered the armed forces to increase operations until peace is declared,...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Jun 12, 2012 | News
To commemorate the “World Day Against Child Labor,” Colombia’s Family Welfare Institute (ICBF) underscored statistics that claimed the country has around one million child laborers and called for political reform. According to...
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