Diplomatic cables made public by WikiLeaks reveal that the security company Global CST—led by Maj. Gen. Israel Ziv, the former head of operations for the Israeli military—made such inroads into Latin America that US diplomats saw it as a security threat and moved to thwart the company’s expansion. The diplomats’ efforts were given an inadvertent […]
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The Colombian government announced on Friday that it will increase military presence on the border with Venezuela to counter the presence of guerrilla groups in that area. “We know for sure that all the cocaine, produced in this region, is coming out through the border” with Venezuela, Minister of Interior and Justice German Vargas Lleras […]
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•The Colombian airline will offer 21 flights between Bogotá and the Panamá City this Friday. •The flights will be on Airbus – A-318 carrying 100 passengers with no stops. •This is part of the airline’s plan to expand routes and flight frequencies. (JR) Read Article
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• Rcnradio.com reports that thanks to a French loan of 250 million USD, construction of two aerial tramways will begin this November. • Mayor Alonso states that Ayacucho will be the first city in Colombia to have a large system of integrated transportation. • The Metro of Medellín will be handling construction which is expected […]
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•Adolfo Erazo Rosero, alias “Chingüiro”, head of the collection office, known as “Los tíos” of Los Rastrojos, was captured in Bogotá by the National Police. •He specialized in collection of payments and debts at times committing homicide. •Los tíos were also involved in narcotrafficking activity in México and Panamá. •Also captured by the Dijín in […]
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Bacrim Use Children As Bomb Operatives and Messengers Vice President of Colombia, Angelino Garzón in a memorandum of understanding with UNESCO spoke out against the Bacrim’s use of children between the ages of 10 and 14 for operations per rcnradio.com. These operations include transportation messages and even operations involving explosives. He announced regions such as […]
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A report of three rifles missing from military barracks triggered the investigation into a former Salvadoran army officer who pleaded guilty this week in the United States to federal terrorism charges, officials in this Central American country said Thursday. Hector Antonio Martinez-Guillen, 32, acknowledged Wednesday in a U.S. District Court in Virginia that he sold […]
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800 to 1000 Indigenous Protestors Block the Highway Between Medellín and Quibdó • Eltiempo.com reports that the highway has been blocked starting 04:00 on Wednesday and through Thursday night for health care and other promises made by the government. • April 4th saw a similar protest against EPS Caprecom for the expansion of reservation areas […]
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Study Reveals Areas of Bogotá as Criminal Hotspots • Eltiempo.com reports that the Coporación Nuevo Arco Iris performed a study that revealed the areas of Cuidad Bolívar, Suba, San Cristóbal and Kennedy as areas of high crime concentration. • One of the crimes most extensively studied was the illegal autopart market which involves as well […]
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Priest Murdered In Bogotá as Part of a Cellphone Robbery • In a video posted by elespectador.com , delinquents robbed and murdered Gustavo Garcia as he was waiting for a bus. • A few days before in the same area, a similar cellphone robbery occurred.
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Winter Begins to Affect Colombian Coffee Harvests • Caracol.com.co reports that production has decreased 19% from April of last year due to the rainy season and “la roya*”. • Luis Genaro Muños, head of the National Federation of Coffee Growers (Fedcafé), called for better fertilization and protection against the disease. • The production in the […]
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Confiscation of Over 16,000 Rounds Believed to Be Headed to FARC Ecuadorian site eldiario.com.ec , reported the capture of 4 individuals (2 of them former members of the military) during an operation part of “Operación Relámpago” (Operation Thunder) today at 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The suspects were apprehended at 3km de la via Santo […]
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Santos Assures A 100 Billion Peso Plan to Improve Colombian Infrastructure Per caracol.com.co, the Colombian president assures that the government will put into place said plan to improve the transportation infrastructure of the country which he says rates below a 3 on a 1 to 5 scale. Read Article
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The release Tuesday of a “dossier” of Farc files, which were supposedly seized by the Colombian government in 2008, is truly a non-event. The report, by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), appears to be an attempt by hawks in the US and the UK to perpetuate, using “black propaganda”, the failed policies of […]
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Insurgent Alias “Pingüino” of FARC Is Captured • The CIT and Joint Comando of the Pacific captured the insurgent planning to harm members of the armed forces and civilians believed to be head of the militia of the Sixth Front of FARC per elpais.com.co . • He stands accused of an ambush on a patrol […]
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Confiscation of 272 kilos of Cocaine in Las Delicias, Buenaventura, Colombia According to elpais.com.co , when 2 men in a motorboat in the Colombian Pacific detected the presence of the authorities, they fled to the swamps leaving behind ten containers of high quality cocaine. This represents a joint operation between the National Police, Fluvial Brigade, […]
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Two Cylinder Bombs Disabled in Puerto Rico, Caquetá, Colombia • Per report by rcnradio.com , explosives specialists of the army successfully deactivated two cylinder bombs containing 40 kilos of ammonium nitrate. • Colonel Wilson Camargo reports that the bombs were part of an offensive of “Teófilo Forero Castro” a mobile column of FARC against the […]
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U.S. Government To Pass a Free Trade Agreement with Colombia • Elcolombiano.com reports that Ron Kirk expresses expectations for the agreement to be approved by August if Congress also supports an increased Assistance Program of Commercial Adjustment. • Other free trade agreements with Panamá and South Korea are also being debated. Read Article (JR)
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Granade Explosion in Mendellín Injures 9 Civilians and 3 Police • Semana.com reports that midnight this Wednesday, in La Sierra in the East of the city, a group of criminals threw a grenade intended for a rival criminal. • The criminal against whom it was thrown is unknown. • The police are offering a 20 […]
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Colombian House of Representatives Passes Law on Intelligence Operations • Rcnradio.com reports that the House has passed the Law of Intelligence and Counter-intelligence. • The law seeks to punish the illegal surrender of information and to stop interception of calls. • Another purpose is to protect the identity of members of law enforcement working secret […]
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Colombian Exports Grew 46.5% Thanks to Rise in Traditional Export Sales • Per elpais.com.co , external Colombian sales grew to 4.899 billion from 3.345 billion in March of 2010. • Petroleum sales grew 96.3% bringing the growth of traditional exports to 71.1% . • Non-traditional exports grew 12.5%. • The first trimester of 2011 has […]
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According to rcnradio.com, Jaime de la Cadena comments that the Spanish Consulate is making an effort to deal with the numerous requests for tourist visas made by Spanish citizens. He stated that these long waits, lasting days, are an unusual, passing occurrence and suggested that anyone planning on traveling in July to Colombia make the […]
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Colombia, Public Housing Space Below World Health Organization’s Standards • Per portafolio.co , according to Professor William H. Alfonso of the Universidad del Rosario, there is less than 4 square meters of available public living space per person. • The WHO’s standard is 15 square meters. • In the next 10 years, Bogotá will have […]
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is allegedly training a large number of Kuwaitis, Bahrainis and Saudis in a private training camp located in Waheera, a remote area near the borders of Venezuela and Columbia(sic), and intends to use them to carry out terrorist activities within their respective countries and other areas across the world in case Iran […]
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Colombian Group of Real Estate Scammers Rob Newlyweds • According to elpais.com.co , a newly married couple, Javier and Clara, fell victim to two scammers who presented themselves as relatives of the owner. • They paid 20 million pesos for a house only to find out about two months later that the two men were […]
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• Elpais.com.co reports that businessmen and guilds are asking the Colombian Government to dredge and deepen the access canal to 13.5 meters. • Rodrigo Velasco, head of Andi, said that the road infrastructure would have to improve to compensate for the lack of depth of the canal that hinders the entrance of cargo ships. • […]
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Business Transactions Between FARC and Correa and Deposit of $400,000 Per report by eltiempo.com , a study of archives by the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) has revealed two drafts that FARC and associates made to Jorge Brito to aid the Correa campaign in 2006. In a document reviewed by the IISS, the Electoral […]
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Police Find 3,700 5.56 Caliber Rifle Rounds in a Bus in Bogotá • A report by elespectador.com states that the police received a call reporting the strange movements of a bus and gave the plate numbers. • Upon stopping the bus, they discovered a box 3,700 5.56 caliber rounds. • The driver, now in custody, […]
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Colombia: Biodegradable and Reusable Bags To Be Used • Rcnradio.com reports that the Secretary of the Environment of Bogotá is initiating a district program to use biodegradable bags in order to reduce environmental waste from plastic bags. • Juan Antonio Nieto, Secretary the Environment, emphasized that they would be working with companies in order to […]
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ELN Guerrilla Involved in 1999 Hijacking Is Captured • According to rcnradio.com , the ELN guerrilla, alias “Pablito”, was captured near Santa Rosa, Bolívar in a collective effort by the Army, Attorney General, and the Department of Security. • He is considered a man trustd by the head of the ELN, Nicolás Rodríguez Bautista, alias […]
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Over Half of Colombians Suffer from Mental Health Problems • Per rcnradio.com , Héctor Zambrano, the Secretary of Health of Bogotá, stated that more that 50% of Colombian citizens (not just from Bogotá) suffer from some kind of mental health problem. • Although these numbers are lower than those of other Latin American or European […]
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Pro-FARC Website Appears To Be Disabled The Swedish based Colombian news agency, anncol.eu , has been suspended. It has been known for its pro-FARC stance.
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CitySightseeing Invests 8 Billion Pesos in Colombia • According to larepublica.com.co , the touristic franchise which has established itself all over the world is planning on running routes in Bogotá and Cartagena. • Vice minister of Tourism, Óscar Rueda, states that this investment will help Colombia establish itself as a tourist country. • A ticket […]
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Helicopter Accident Injures Six People in Puerto Wilches, Santander, Colombia • Per a report by rcnradio.com, a helicopter of the company Geosismica of Ecopetrol had an accident during the night. • The six passengers (two of which were crewmembers) were injured. • Police quickly transported the helicopter to Barrancabermeja where the passengers were transported to […]
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As reported by rcnradio.com, the military of the municipality of San Vicente del Caguán opened fire on a vehicle transporting two families. Of the 15 passengers, 8 suffered injuries. An unharmed passenger states that she and her family were driving towards her father’s farm when the army began to shoot the vehicle. Despite pleas for […]
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• Rcnradio.com reports that Saludcoop has been using funds for soccer teams, sports tournaments, and other business that does not involve healthcare. • Current councilor of Medellín, Bernardo Alejandro Guerra Hoyos, held a hunger strike because the Seventh Commission of the Senate would not allow a debate to discover the business between Saludcoop and Carlos […]
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The Candidates to Replace Moreno as Mayor of Bogotá • Per a report by elcolombiano.com, the National Executive Committee of the Alternative Democratic Pole released the list of three candidates to replace Moreno for three months. • The Colombian Attorney General is suspending him. • The only female candidate is Mariela Barragán, the current Secretary […]
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According to semana.com, Gloria Flórez criticizes the Alternative Democratic Pole for excluding members of the Committee from the decision for the candidates to replace Moreno. She describes that 16 members of the democratic tendency waited hours while a meeting was being held above. Members of the majority were called up, and eventually Flórez and the […]
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In regions of Urabá Antioquia such as Carepa and Chigorodó, there have been invasions of plots of land by various farm hands per elcolombiano.com. Authorities state that these land plots have been recovered and are secured. This Monday the operations concluded as there were 15 plots occupied by around 1,400 families prior to the evictions. […]
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Colombia: Military Expenditures of 2010 Reach 21 Billion Pesos • A report by elespectador.com reports that 90% of that amount was spent on operation alone with the other 10% going to investment. • That 10% bought the Colombian army, navy, air force and the police force equipment, transportation, and weapons. • The official report from […]
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As reported by elespectador.com through video, along the highways drivers, especially those of public transportation vehicles are performing dangerous maneuvers. For example, as the video follows traffic on the Cali-Buenaventura road, it captures drivers passing others on the road multiple times even on curves in the road and even while on a cellphone. Other drivers […]
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As Makled was handed over today to Venezuela by Colombian forces. Elespectador.com reported that he left behind a recording stating that he had proof, including video, of the involvement of Chavez and other Venezuelan officials. He expressed willingness to present this proof before the International Criminal Court. Makled professes that there is a route used […]
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• Per report by portafolio.co , José Darío Uribe, director of the Bank of the Republic, estimated that Colombia’s GDP will grow 5% in 2011 mainly due to the sale of houses. • In the last trimester of 2010, the GDP grew 4.5% due to housing sales. • He expects that the growth will continue […]
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Detectives from the Administrative Department of Security captured Antonio Vicente Ortiz Parra at the International Gustavo Rojas Pinilla Airport in San Andrés. According to a report from caracol.com.co, the man, attempted to evade authorities by using falsified Guatemalan documents. He was wanted for crimes of theft and manufacture and trafficking of firearms and ammunition. The […]
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María del Socorro Mosquera and Mery Naranjo, two Colombian human rights defenders, have been receiving threats against themselves and their family members according to elespectador.com . The Inter-American Commission on Human rights declared in 2004 that preventative measures were necessary to protect these two individuals and the family members of Mery Naranjo. However, harassment and […]
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According to a report by eltiempo.com, a man reported his brother’s robbery at the hands of two men in a taxi hailed by phone at 03:00. Two taxi cabs arrived after he made the initial call asking for a taxi. They threatened him with a revolver and preformed “el paseo millionario” (the millionaire pass) in […]
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According to eltiempo.com, current President Juan Manuel Santos and Álvaro Uribe Vélez disagree about the government recognizing an armed conflict with paramilitary groups. Santos support for this part of the law of victims soon to be passed comes from the desire to avoid grouping victims of common crimes with victims of paramilitary attacks. Uribe expressed […]
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According to eltiempo.com, during operations against the narcotrafficking group ‘los Rastrojos’ which is headed by ‘los Comba,’ the anti-narcotics police force captured ‘Niño Malo’ in Cali early the morning of May 4th. Authorities consider him to be one of the most trusted men by the brothers “Calle Serna” also known as “Comba” and petitioned him […]
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Court of Justice refused Wednesday to let either Costa Rica or Honduras intervene in a legal dispute about Nicaragua and Colombia’s maritime border in the Caribbean. Costa Rica applied to join the case last year, saying the area of Caribbean under dispute between Nicaragua and Colombia also covered part […]
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Progress on a free trade deal with Colombia has cleared the way for the White House to seek Congressional approval of a package of trade agreements that includes pacts with South Korea and Panama, as Republicans have demanded. Read Article
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Dutch-born guerrilla Tanja Nijmeijer took part as a member of the FARC leftist group in a bombing that led to the death of a young child, according to interviews in a new book excerpted in the Colombian press Monday. The book is based on interviews last August by journalist Jorge Enrique Botero with Nijmeijer, the […]
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Experian has agreed to buy Colombian credit information provider Computec in a move that will expand the Dublin-based credit checking company’s foothold in Latin America. Read Article
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Colombia’s Attorney General Alejandro Ordonez on Tuesday suspended Colombia capital Bogota’s mayor Samuel Moreno for three months pending further investigations of “irregularities” detected in contracts for a number of public works projects. Read Article
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Colombia misses out the target to export flowers on Mother’s Day after brutal weather after heaviest rains in the country’s history, that claimed hundreds lives and rendered thousands homeless. Colombia’s National Association of Flower Exporters said some of the country’s prime flower-farming areas were among the hardest-hit by storms that have intensified over the past […]
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The Government announced an struggle against racism in the country. From Quibdó (Chocó), the Minister of Interior and Justice, Germain Vargas Lleras, announced that the government will seek to “punish” acts harshly still exist in Colombia. Vargas announced that the punishment will be harder given that such discrimination should be eradicated. On the other hand, […]
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The number of workers aged between five and 17 years in Colombia rose from 786,300 in 2007 to 1,050,147 in 2009, which means an increase of 34%, according to a study by the state Department of Statistics (DANE) reported that Saturday. In his research, DANE said that during that period, the rate of child labor […]
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A Colombian general has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in a military raid during a hostage crisis at the Supreme Court in 1985. Read Article
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In the summer of 2011, Avianca airlines will begin new air service between Orlando International Airport and Bogota, Colombia.
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Sweden should explain why a Swedish citizen accused of being a FARC rebel agent was allowed to leave the European country even though Colombia had an order out for his arrest, Venezuela’s foreign minister said Friday. Read Article
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Some of the heaviest rains in Colombia’s history have killed at least 418 people, damaged or destroyed 140,000 homes and affected three million people over the past several months. Read Article
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Colombia’s urban jobless rate, the most closely watched unemployment indicator, was 12.2 percent in March, almost flat versus the same month last year, the government said on Friday. Read Article
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A bomb exploded Friday in the regional headquarters of Colombia’s attorney general’s office, injuring at least five people, officials said. Read Article
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Five Colombian police officers were killed and two wounded when suspected leftist rebels attacked two police posts in different regions, authorities said Wednesday.Read Article
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A man who confessed to killing a Spanish tourist on holiday in Colombia has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for the death of Irene Cortés Lucas, a mother of five who was killed in the Colombian city of Barranquilla on March 2 this year. Read Article
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Colombia Clean Power & Fuels, Inc. CCPF, (the “Company” or “CCPF”) announced today that it has appointed James Flores as Chief Financial Officer effective May 1, 2011. Mr. Flores, who will be based in the Company’s operational headquarters in Bogota, Colombia, has over thirty years of executive experience as a senior financial officer for firms […]
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· Exportations of flowers have increased 40.5% in value and 23% in volume in the first two months of the year when compared with the same time frame in 2010. · According to the data from the Administrative Department of Statistics and the Office of Taxes and Customs, 79.3% of “other flowers and buds” and […]
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A group self-named “Bloque Central Caribe” released pamphlets in Barranquilla, threatening individuals such as journalists, syndicates, public prosecutors, lawyers and public leaders. They are a new group part of the Águilas Negras, a paramilitary group involved in the trafficking of narcotics. The Defender of the People, Valomar Pérez has condemned these threats and has asked […]
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Green iguana, slider turtles and the world’s largest rodent, capybara: it’s not a trip to the zoo. It’s what’s for traditional Easter dinner in Colombia. “This is the season we have them all coming in,” said nutritionist Carolina Rangel, at a center for confiscated animals in the Colombian capital. She showed AFP about 30 confiscated […]
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The Nukak-Maku tribe, nomads discovered only 23 years ago who number no more than 600, is struggling to adapt after Colombian guerrillas chased them from their homes deep inside the country’s lush tropical forests. “Llego la plata” (“the money is coming”), someone murmured from inside a palm leaf hut crowded with 10 adults and two […]
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Spain Police broke up a group that laundered money to ship to Bogotá, Colombia, through call centers.A total of 21 people were charged, after sending abroad 223,000 euros (nearly 650 million dollars) by installments of the proceeds, mostly from drug trafficking, police sources reported on Saturday. Read Article
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Colombian household is increasingly marked tendency to serve the wines produced.Today in the country, besides the traditional cabernet sauvignon and merlot grape wines are drunk as carmenere, malbec, syrah or pinot noir (in red), whereas in white, the classic sauvignon blanc and chardonnay, has joined forces with the torrontes. Read Article
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The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, has described the situation created by the continual winter rain as “fairly serious.” He warned that precipitation will continue in the highest part of the country. The Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies said that the rain would continue in Colombia until June. Read Article
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Black communities of the Pacific coast of Cauca in Popayan reported, amid an outcry, the slaughter of seven youths amid a tough onslaught of paramilitary activity in this area, it has reached with operators of gold mines. Amanda Hurtado, a spokeswoman for the community, said armed men appeared at the bottom Timbiquí Township and killed […]
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In a journey that advance this Easter humanitarian agencies in the border area between Colombia and Ecuador, was found in Lake Agrario, the province of Carchi and Esmeraldas, a large number of Colombians fleeing the armed conflict. Read Article
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After the killing, the guerrillas mounted next to the bodies a minefield to try to kill the patrols to try to recover the bodies. Near the gorge Taques in Toledo (Antioquia), were found shot in the head with the corpses of two soldiers kidnapped last Monday by the front 36 of the Farc in the […]
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According to Colombiareports.com, there have been at least seven robberies of tourists residing at hostels in La Candelaria district in Bogota over the last eight months. These robberies have been violent with the use of weapons and included sexual assault offenses. The website reported that at least one American tourist has been sexually assaulted. Furthermore, […]
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Former paramilitary attacks against civilians in Colombia alarm the Organization of American States, but its secretary general, Jose Miguel Insulza admitted that “violence has decreased.” The violence was recorded mainly in the departments of Antioquia, Chocó and Nariño Córdoba – AP The Organization of American States (OAS) expressed concern over civilian killings and attacks by […]
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Global Energy has begun planning the acquisition of 100 square kilometers of new 3D seismic over the Company’s Bolivar Association Contract area. The Company has previously reprocessed existing seismic over the contract area and made an exhaustive interpretation. The acquisition and interpretation of the new seismic data will enable the Company to validate the previous […]
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Authorities reported the seizure of 512 kilos of cocaine, in the area Cape Shark Acandí township area in the Chocó Urabá. The drug was hidden in a false bottom of the fishing boat, named “Light”, which contained 520 packets with the cache, according to the official report. The anti-narcotics police said the drug would presumably […]
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A new citizen complaint in Medellin involving Metropolitan Police Aburrá Valley in crime and as members of criminal gangs in this city. A family living in the rural municipality of Envigado reported to the Office of Medellín the assault on the farm in which they live by a gang of several men, including several policemen […]
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The police reported the capture of 740 suspected members of criminal gangs operating in the country for so far this year. De los detenidos, 378 estaban vinculados con la estructura criminal de los llamados ‘Urabeños’, Of those arrested, 378 were linked to the criminal con structure of so-called ‘Urabeños’, 246 ‘Los Rastrojos’ y 69 con […]
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Efren Meneses Hector Yela is trusted man Calle Antonio Javier Serna, better known as the “Fighter” and head of the criminal gang Los Rastrojos, who also established a criminal alliance with the FARC. Caracol Radio reported, the drug had arrested more than two decades devoted to organized crime. As heir to the criminal, Serna Street […]
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While the perception of growing insecurity among Colombians and some indices on the situation of armed conflict, crime and violence show a clear deterioration in the interior of the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence revive old personal rivalries and body, presumably overcome, which will hinder the government and the military to adapt its […]
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Battalion ‘Juanambú’, belonging to the XII Brigade of the Army, defused in a controlled manner a house-bomb had been placed by FARC guerrillas in the village of redfish, a rural area of San José del Fragua, south of Caquetá . General Fabricio Cabrera Ortiz, commander of the XII Brigade of the Army, said the guerrillas […]
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The Caribbean Coast returns to save space on the map sugarcane growers of the country and this time a project to produce ethanol based on sugarcane, it takes 10 thousand hectares of agricultural frontier for this crop in the department of Magdalena. It Agrifuels project in the municipality of Pivijai, which have capacity to produce […]
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Video of FARC involvement Argentina – Two Parts – Spanish
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Female Colombian snipers suspected of belonging to the Marxist guerilla group FARC are fighting as mercenaries defending Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, according to rebel forces. Read Article
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After a year of research and monitoring, staff of the Administrative Department of Security, DAS, captured 15 people who were involved in smuggling of migrants in the cities of Ipiales, Pasto, Cali, Bogota, Medellin and San Andres. Among those captured in this operation, is a former DAS official who was assigned to the Group Migration […]
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The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ecuador will investigate the veracity of a recently publicized WikiLeaks cable that claims Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa received campaign funding from the FARC and Venezuela, El Espectador reported Friday. Read Article
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An avalanche of mud smashed into a local bus in Colombia, killing at least 20 people after heavy rains battering the Andean nation caused a landslide, the government’s disaster agency said on Thursday. Read Article
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A man was discovered stealing tombstones from a cemetery in the small hamlet of Bitaco, in La Cumbre Colombia. When apprehended by police he was carrying six tombstones. The criminals motive was to sell the copper and aluminum for scrap. Read Article
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100 students were referred yesterday to the Hospital San Martín de Porres by headaches and stomach. Poisoning of children, between 5 and 14 years of college should Rufino Cuervo, apparently by eating spoiled chicken, which was supplied in the campus snack by the Colombian Family Welfare Institute, the Education Secretariat of Cundinamarca. Read Article
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The doctor there performed cosmetic surgery in which a patient died. In a divided local home that even had a sign identifying Matallana attended Dario Galvis, who was arrested last Saturday in the U.S., presumably made after cosmetic surgery in which the patient died. Read Article
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The Colombian authorities captured one of the political leaders of the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) known by the alias “Simon Bernart ‘, official sources said. Troops of the fifth division of the Army of Colombia guerrilla arrested in the southwestern department of Tolima and, according to security agencies, the rebel had direct […]
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U.S. Soldiers and Contractors in Colombia, 2009-2010 Source: Colombian Ministry of Defense, letter from Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera to Senator Enrique Robledo, February 2011. Sites were visited by U.S. personnel as part of military agreements during the previous two years. Link to Map – from http://forusa.org/ – Fellowship of Reconciliation
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Colombia’s ban on mining in highland ecosystems could be a double-edged sword — it may attract illegal miners to the delicate areas where established mining companies cannot operate. Read Article
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Colombia’s coffee exports soared 53 percent to 884,000 60-kg bags in March while output rose 24 percent to 779,000 sacks versus the same month last year, the nation’s coffee federation said on Wednesday. Read Article
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Since May 1, LAN Peru will discontinue flights from Lima to Cartagena, Colombia, adjustment is also due to the redefinition of the strategy of the airline in the Colombian market after acquiring Airways Regional Integration (AIRES) in November 2010 . “Given the importance of destination for our passengers, LAN (…) ensures that the service will […]
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One in three Colombian fixed Internet access with that company acquired it. So the company said in a statement, referring to figures from the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications (MinTic) 2010. The company is particularly strong in regions of the country.
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