Collision between buses leaves five dead
None of the vistims have yet been identified. According to a local official in Colombian newspaper El País the accident happened when the busdriver was trying to overtake another vehicle…
None of the vistims have yet been identified. According to a local official in Colombian newspaper El País the accident happened when the busdriver was trying to overtake another vehicle…
Only days ago, the peasant Ricardo Correa managed to escape from FARC seven days after being kidnapped on January 23, in the northeastern province of Norte de Santander.Colombian authorities estimate…
The protest note, given to Colombia’s ambassador to Managua, marks the latest confrontation between the two countries which both claim three isolated Caribbean islands and their surrounding waters.Nicaragua’s President Daniel…
The two bids were among the highest on 40 items Shakira donated to an Internet auction that has raised US$76,000 (€52,280) for her Bare Feet Foundation, which is building a…
A rebel announcement a week ago that they would release three former Colombian lawmakers has fueled hopes for a deal to free other captives, including French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and…
In a statement on colombialibre.org, the so-called National Movement of Demobilized Self-defenders say they are “surprised” by the initiative. The statement calls the initiative ” unusual” since the AUC has…
Ever Velosa, alias ‘HH,’ holds the sinister record of having confessed to being involved in at least 1,200 crimes, the newspaper reported citing the public prosecutor’s office.Sources close to the…
According to the study the amount of kidnappings in the past 5 years has dropped 91 percent; from 641 in 2003 to 56 in 2007. Also the attacks on military…
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