Posted by Zach Edling | Nov 15, 2012 | News
The Colombian Rural Development Institute on Wednesday appropriated more than 3,000 acres of land in northern Colombia for formally displaced farmers, local media reports. After months of inspection and litigation, the Colombian...
Read MorePosted by Zach Edling | Nov 15, 2012 | News
Alleged FARC attacks in southwest Colombia Wednesday left one dead and five more injured. Local media report that simultaneous attacks in the villages of Totoro and Jambalo result in the death of one Colombian soldier while five...
Read MorePosted by Zach Edling | Nov 14, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Police said Wednesday that a jailed ex-commander of the drug trafficking organization known as “Los Rastrojos” ordered a massacre of ten farm workers last week. General Jose Roberto Leon,...
Read MorePosted by Zach Edling | Nov 14, 2012 | Economy
The scandal surrounding Colombia’s largest, failed brokerage firm intensified as the country’s Finance Minister on Wednesday announced a criminal investigation is underway. Colombian Finance Minister Mauricio...
Read MorePosted by Zach Edling | Nov 14, 2012 | Culture
Colombian artist Fernando Botero opened a new exhibition in Portgual Wednesday entitled “Way of the Cross: The Passion of the Christ.” The Antioquian painter/sculptor will have 27 large oil paintings and 34 drawings...
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