Posted by Travis Mannon | Oct 26, 2011 | News
The Criminal Chamber of Colombia’s Supreme Court reduced the sentence of an Army general convicted of allowing the Mapiripan massacre in 1997. Colombian media reported that the Supreme Court has reduced former General...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 26, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will miss the annual Ibero-American Summit to monitor the upcoming local elections, Colombian media reported. Santos said he will stay in Colombia during the election weekend to join the...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 26, 2011 | News
Several candidates in northwest Colombia have threatened that their supporters will riot if they lose in Sunday’s election, Colombia’s interior and defense ministers confirmed. According to the ministers, they have...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 25, 2011 | News
A group of hooded people hijacked a bus and set it ablaze Tuesday during student protests at the Technological University of Pereira, central Colombia. According to Colonel Gonzalo Londoño Portela, the commander of the Pereira...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 25, 2011 | News
The comptroller of Manizales launched a preliminary investigation into the nearly week-long water shortage as the city completes its sixth day without water, newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday. Manizales Comptroller...
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