Posted by Toni Peters | Sep 14, 2011 | News
The commander of the Colombian Armed Forces has reiterated his belief in the innocence of an army colonel sentenced to 30 years in prison for forced disappearances. In an interview on the television program Pregunta Yamid...
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos landed in South Korea, just after visiting Japan, with the aim of strengthening diplomatic relations with the Asian country, Colombian media reported Wednesday. President Santos and his...
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Colombia’s interior minister detailed the country’s advances in terms of human rights to high-ranking officials at the European Union in Brussels Tuesday with a view to move a free trade pact with Europe forward....
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The Colombian Army said Tuesday it has arrested a suspected FARC chief, alias “Cesar” or “El Indio,” allegedly one of the proteges of the FARC’s slain military commander “Mono Jojoy.”...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Sep 13, 2011 | News
Colombia’s vice minister of defense insisted on the need to increase the defense budget in order to meet the running costs in the defense sector, such as feeding the soldiers, Colombian newspaper El Espectador reported...
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