Posted by Travis Mannon | Aug 1, 2011 | News
Illegal armed groups are trying to influence the October local elections in nearly 200 Colombian municipalities, the country’s ombudsman said Monday. According to various media reports, Ombudsman Volmar Perez revealed that...
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The Armed Forces killed a financial leader of the guerrilla group FARC’s 36th Front in central Antioquia, newspaper El Colombiano reported. The FARC head, alias “Shampoo,” was killed along with two other...
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The commander of the Armed Forces on Monday criticized non-governmental organizations’ (NGOs) “unbalanced” evaluations of the Colombian armed conflict. Admiral Edgar Cely told Caracol Radio that NGOs are...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jul 29, 2011 | News
Aurelio Suarez, the Polo Democratico Party candidate for the Bogota mayoral race, officially registered his candidacy, Colombian media reported. While he was submitting his application, Suarez explained some of his policies and...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jul 29, 2011 | News
Colombian political parties have banned 1,400 supposedly criminal candidates from the upcoming October elections, various media reported. Since Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras declared July 7 month that the government...
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