Betancourt justifies reparation request
In an interview with a French newspaper, former-hostage Ingrid Betancourt justified the $6.5 million compensation request she made against the Colombian state in July for failing to prevent her kidnapping,…
In an interview with a French newspaper, former-hostage Ingrid Betancourt justified the $6.5 million compensation request she made against the Colombian state in July for failing to prevent her kidnapping,…
The president of the Colombian National Reparations Commission, Eduardo Pizarro, said that the state needs to create a new capped system for awarding victims of the country’s ongoing civil conflict that is…
Former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt renounced her petition for damages from the French government, after she was offered almost $600,000 in compensation for the six years she spent in the…
Colombia’s President-Elect Juan Manuel Santos announced Thursday that French President Nicolas Sarkozy has promised to support Colombia’s entry into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). “One of the projects…
Colombia’s president-elect Juan Manuel Santos met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel Wednesday at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, and will travel to Paris thursday to meet President Nicolas Sarkozy, reports…
The Colombian city of Medellin will celebrate its Festival of Music this Friday with a night of hip-hop, reggae and electro sounds. Organized by the French language institute Alianza Francesa,…
Colombian Culture Minister Paula Zapata was in Paris on Monday to sign an agreement with her French counterpart Frederic Mitterrand, aiming to encourage cultural exchanges between their countries, announced the…
Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba sought to rally French support for a “humanitarian exchange” of FARC hostages for incarcerated guerrillas, at a conference in Paris Wednesday. “In Europe, the war in…
One of the most important events in Colombia’s cultural calendar, the 16th Eurocine Festival will be touring the country’s major cities in the coming weeks, to showcase the best in…