Colombia hostage release “advancing”
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…
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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“They (paramilitaries) are working in shantytowns selling cocaine below market prices to win over crime gangs and arm them with military arms,” Chavez said sunday on his weekly TV show…
Money made by the auction will be donated to the Pies Descalzos Foundation, an non-profit organisation set up by the singer to try helping Colombian children in poverty.
The leftist Venezuelan leader showed letters he had recieved from FARC leader Manuel Marulanda. Chávez said both he and Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba would “neither rush nor rest” until the…