Posted by Stephen Manker | Jul 21, 2011 | News
Two miners died and another three were saved by rescue teams Thursday from a collapsed mine shaft outside the town of Socota in the Boyaca department. According to local media, the bodies have been located but are yet to be...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Manker | Jul 21, 2011 | News
Members of indigenous tribes in the southwest of Colombia demanded Wednesday that the government and FARC remove military bases from their territory, reported Spanish press agency EFE Thursday. The tribes also asked that both...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Manker | Jul 21, 2011 | News
Socialist party Polo Democratic has filed a constitutional reform that could prevent President Juan Manuel Santos’ re-election, reported El Espectador Wednesday. Senator Alexander Lopez Maya is spearheading the reform,...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Manker | Jul 20, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Interior and Justice Minister Germain Vargas Lleras said that the situation in the mining town of Puerto Gaitan is under control after more than a month of labor protests and riots, according to a report from...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Manker | Jul 20, 2011 | Bogota
A 4,000 acre forest preserve will be established in the northeastern edge of Bogota, a local environmental organization announced Tuesday. The Corporacion Autonoma Regional de Cundinamarca (CAR) negotiated with the governor of...
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