Posted by Tom Heyden | Jun 16, 2011 | News
More than 12,000 Colombians in the department of Antioquia were left without electricity after the FARC allegedly blew up an energy tower with dynamite on Wednesday, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. The municipalities of Toledo...
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A WikiLeaks cable revealed that the Organization of American States’ (OAS) considered the Agro Ingreso Seguro (AIS) scandal a “political red herring,” claiming the program was actually a “success,”...
Read MorePosted by Tom Heyden | Jun 15, 2011 | News
With the trial against the director of news website Anncol due to get underway Thursday, El Tiempo has explained that the case against the so-called “FARC ambassador” does not rest solely on the recently dismissed...
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Former Colombian Senator Ciro Ramirez has been granted freedom just three months after being sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for paramilitary ties, despite allegedly falsifying documents that would reduce his...
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Former President Alvaro Uribe has terminated his teaching post at an eastern French university after criticism of his tenure as president within the European Parliament, AFP reported Wednesday. Uribe had only begun teaching as a...
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