Colombia govt spent $9B on military in 2010
Over $9 billion was poured into military expenditure by the Colombian government in 2010, a report from a Swedish think tank found. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s annual report…
Over $9 billion was poured into military expenditure by the Colombian government in 2010, a report from a Swedish think tank found. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s annual report…
The FARC reportedly attacked a military checkpoint in a town in the southwest Colombian department of Cauca, the town’s third attack in six weeks, Caracol Radio reported Friday. Community members…
The government is set to file before Congress on Wednesday an ambitious reform plan for the country’s prison system that seeks to eradicate corruption and indiscipline within penitentiaries, Caracol Radio…
Indigenous communities in the southwest Colombian department of Cauca find themselves in the middle of increasingly heated battles between national forces and the FARC, according to an indigenous association press…
The Prosecutor General’s Office has accused four soldiers and seven civilians of participation in the murder of a man in La Guajira and subsequently presenting his body as being that…
The family of three children who were allegedly raped, tortured and killed by the military will be relocated in order to ensure their safety after receiving death threats, El Espectador…
Colombia’s armed forces have killed at least ten guerrillas from the FARC’s 30th Front in the western department of Choco, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. The deaths came as a result…
A Colombian judge upholds the decision to bury the remains of FARC military leader “Mono Jojoy” in a cemetery in Bogota, not in his hometown of Cabrera as requested by…
A bill presented to Colombia’s Congress Friday seeks to provide equal treatment for both soldiers and demobilized paramilitaries who are facing trial, reported newspaper El Nuevo Siglo. “It is very…