Uribe: FARC postpone hostage release to discredit govt
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Thursday that the FARC are postponing the release of hostages Pablo Emilio Moncayo and Josue Daniel Calvo until close to the national elections in order…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Thursday that the FARC are postponing the release of hostages Pablo Emilio Moncayo and Josue Daniel Calvo until close to the national elections in order…
A draft document detailing the terms of the liberation of FARC hostages Pablo Emilio Moncayo and Josue Daniel Calvo was published Monday.The FARC have authorized Brazil to facilitate the release.…
How do you deal with drug gangs? The film “City of God” tells the lives of a group of drug dealers in a favela of Rio de Janeiro. The different…
Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba said Sunday that soldiers Pablo Emilio Moncayo and Josue Daniel Calvo, held hostage by the FARC, will be released by the end of February. This is…
Colombia’s National Federation of Coffee Growers announced Thursday that “the worst is over,” and that next year’s coffee harvest will be an improvement on 2009’s record low. The federation’s head,…
Coffee prices are set to rise after an exceptionally poor harvest year in both Colombia and Brazil, the world’s leading coffee producers. Coffee prices rose in New York for the…
Brazil on Friday reiterated its willingness to help with the logistics of the release of two hostages held by the FARC, following news that the rebels would reject the country’s…
Colombia forward Wason Renteria is hoping to return to Portuguese club FC Braga after cutting his ties with Atletico Mineiro. Renteria said in a radio interview on Monday that he…
Brazil won Colomba’s second most important beauty pageant this weekend, when Mariana Notarangelo was elected Queen of Coffee – an honor inferior only to “Miss Colombia.” The Brazilian contestant beat…