Posted by Tom Heyden | May 20, 2011 | News
A woman and a young girl have been injured in an alleged FARC grenade attack in the southwest Colombian department of Cauca, El Espectador reported Friday. The attack is believed by authorities to have been perpetrated by...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | May 20, 2011 | News
After the deaths of some 490 people in phone-theft related incidents in the past year, the government has announced new measures to restrict the usage and resale of stolen phones, Caracol Radio reported Friday. Robberies related...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | May 19, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has sent the shortlist of Bogota’s replacement mayoral candidates to the Council of State to review the eligibility of Mariela Barragan, El Espectador reported Thursday. The Polo...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | May 19, 2011 | News
The prosecutor general opened an investigation into a subsection of the Institute for Rural Development, Incoder, the institute in charge of land restitution for Colombia’s displaced. The subsection in charge of fishing...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | May 19, 2011 | News
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe fiercely criticizes Colombia’s Supreme Court over the decision to declare the computer files seized from slain FARC leader “Raul Reyes” as inadmissible. Uribe has been...
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