Posted by Travis Mannon | Aug 24, 2011 | News
Threats towards journalists around Colombia are on the rise, said the country’s Foundation for the Freedom of Press (FLIP) Wednesday. Executive Director of FLIP Andres Morales told Colombia Reports that the number of...
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Authorities found no evidence suggesting that the Chinese citizen who had collected more than 50 dogs in a small Cartagena home was killing the animals. The Caribbean Coast news site El Universal reported that Administrative...
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A Medellin-based journalist from newspaper El Espectador was forced to leave the country after months of receiving threats on her life, the newspaper announced Tuesday. Mary Luz Avendaño had been covering a story about the ties...
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A MIO Party candidate running for the city council in Cali, southwest Colombia, was murdered Tuesday in La Hacienda sector of the city, Colombian media reported. Witnesses told reporters that 25-year-old Nicolai Vera Rico was...
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Nearly $2.25 billion is being invested into flood affected areas of Colombia, the government humanitarian organization Colombia Humanitaria announces. Various media reported that the organization, created by President Juan...
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