Posted by Travis Mannon | Oct 20, 2011 | News
The neo-paramilitary drug trafficking organization ERPAC is negotiating its demobilization with Colombian government officials, newspaper El Tiempo reported. According to the newspaper, the leader of ERPAC, Jose Eberto Lopez...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 19, 2011 | News
The Supreme Court formally indicted former U Party congresswoman and ex-TV star Lucero Cortes for influence peddling on Wednesday, Colombian media reported. Cortes has been under house arrest since late April for allegedly...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 19, 2011 | News
More than 27 departments have been affected by the new rainy season, which has killed 29 people and left more than 20,000 families homeless. According to Jorge Londoño, the director of Colombia Humanitaria, the special agency...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 18, 2011 | Economy
Alleged members of the leftist guerrilla organization FARC attacked the Trans-Andean oil pipeline with explosives in southern Colombia on Tuesday. Colombian media reported that the explosion caused an oil spill and firefighters...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Oct 18, 2011 | Lite
Students in Bogota lay down their paint bombs and angry protest signs, and instead bring their partners for a half hour of smooching in the latest creative expression of their protest against higher education reform. In a...
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