Announcement of Ten-Year Visa Validity for Colombians Visiting the United States Fact Sheet Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC April 15, 2012 The State Department is pleased to announce an increase in the validity of visas for Colombians traveling on a temporary basis to the United States from five years to ten years. This means […]
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About 450 women and 150 transgender prostitutes in Bogota will have the opportunity to find new alternative sources of income and change your lifestyle, with a program that will launch the District. It is aimed at people aged 18 to 35 who reside in the Libertadores (San Cristobal), Danube Park Entrenubes (Usme), areas of western […]
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S flight delays in several operating in the Eldorado airport recorded this Saturday afternoon because of “an electric shock from a storm fell on the northern runway,” reports Aerocivil.For that reason, the airport was closed for a few minutes, led to delays and inconvenience to passengers. Read Article
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The guy looks out a tiny window, the sufficiency that gives you support a 38-caliber revolver in his right hand, and the parsimony that affects a joint flying in the dark. Medellin is a hit man and his image is hung on the newspaper’s website for more resonance in the Spanish-speaking: The Country. The title […]
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The Navy and the CTI of the Attorney General’s Office captured eight people to be part of the support network of the Front 30 of FARC in the town of Puerto de Buenaventura. Catches were in a house in the neighborhood on July 14 of that town as far as troops arrived Marines and judicial […]
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A six year old and three adults were killed by strangers in a boat that was traveling on a river Caquetá department, police sources reported Thursday. Police Commander Caquetá, Colonel Carlos Alberto Vargas, said the boat in which they found the bodies of the victims was adrift in the river Caguan, near the village of […]
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Through alleged fraudulent and counterfeit titles by registrars, notaries, agricultural and municipal officials, some 40,000 hectares of peasants displaced from the region of Montes de Maria went on to become property of private companies and wealthy individuals. The complaints of the scam which facilitated a massive sales phenomenon of abandoned land after displacing thousands of […]
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One dead, 61 people left on Saturday hit an avalanche in the neighborhood Diana Turbay, south of Bogota, which rises to 13 people died in events surrounding the first rainy season of the year in Colombia, which began last March 15. The Social Integration Secretariat of Bogota, said the victim is a man of 27 […]
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Twelve Secret Service agents assigned to this port city in advance of President Obama’s arrival for the Summit of the Americas were relieved of duty, amid accusations of misconduct that is said to have involved prostitution, a government official confirmed Friday. Read Article
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After the arrival of several madatarios participants at the Sixth Summit of the Americas, the tranquility was disturbed by the detonation of two explosive devices in the southeast of the city. Gen. Rodolfo Palomino confirmed that there were two explosions that occurred in the city, occurred in front of the Villa Estrella neighborhood and the […]
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The airline Viva Colombia is ready to fly in May This low-cost airline will offer domestic routes and with prices starting at 29,900 pesos. A new option for travel within the country will have the Colombians from mid-May, when in operation, the budget airline Viva Colombia. The company will begin flying three Airbus A-320-200. It […]
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After eight hours of meetings between the Fire Department, Fund for Prevention and Emergency Response (FOPAE), Water and Sewerage Company of Bogotá (EAAB) and the Secretariat of Government, District Administration declared the orange alert in the city as a result of rains in recent days. Read Article
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The government secretary Jorge Rojas encargad said the orange alert was declared by the possible overflow of the river channel Bogota and Cundinamarca, mediad added that this was taken as a preventive measure and is made within the framework of the protocols have been established, and consist in having the enlistment of all district institutions […]
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The accident occurred in Marmato, Caldas municipality. The incident occurred at 4:10 pm on Thursday at the mine called “El Caliche”, located in the Cerro El Burro. This mine does not have the mining rights for gold mining. The collapse occurred at the main entrance of the mine where major efforts were made operational. Following […]
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A prosecutor of the National Counterterrorism not endorse the application for international arrest warrant against Colombian journalist William Parra, under investigation for his alleged links with the FARC, after his name appeared in mailings killed guerrilla leader Luis Edgar Devia, alias Raul Reyes. Read Article
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The authorities and the Mayor’s Office reported a total of nine students and a teacher injured in the blast on Thursday in the chemistry laboratory of the school district Santander, northwestern district of the city.According to the State Social Enterprise Metrosalud, personal care of the Hospital Unit on October 12 received nine students,two women and […]
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SAN LORENZO, Ecuador, April 12 (UNHCR) – Senor Padilla, his wife and two of their children escaped to the small Ecuadorean port of San Lorenzo in late February, joining the growing number of people fleeing fresh violence in nearby Colombia. “We came because two paramilitary factions and one guerrilla group were wreaking havoc in the […]
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While performing a search flight Aeromarítima on Monday April 9, the Naval Aircraft AN-236 detected two boats carrying drums of fuel, about 15 miles north of Green River, Esmeraldas. The Coast Guard boat “River Conambo” which was on a routine patrol near this area, conducted the inspection of the two boats. According to naval staff […]
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The Senate passed the NAFTA. Photo: Jose Luis Peñarredonda (ENTER.CO) Bill 201 of 2012, which contains the so-called “law of NAFTA ‘ , was approved by the Senate. The House, meanwhile, also voted in the affirmative. In the House, the procedure was painless. Each political party voted as a bloc and the initiative passed without […]
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The hacker group Anonymous attacked at least 12 Internet portals of government of Colombia to protest the law that seeks to regulate copyright and web browsing. V Aryans Internet portals of government and the Congress of Colombia were attacked today in actions claimed by the international organization of Anonymous hackers. Among the sites attacked include […]
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Ecuador-Colombia border: Ecuadorian troops repel rebel attack Military Quito/Andes.- Ecuadorians were ambushed late on Monday in the province of Sucumbios (border with Colombia), presumably by Colombian irregular groups, said a military statement released by the Ministry of Defence. According to the ministry of state, soldiers from the “General Farfan” were attacked both the Ecuadorian and […]
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While the Senate discussed in plenary whether to approve the ‘law of FTAs, the Anonymous hacktivist group launched an attack on a large scale protest with the almost certain passage of the bill. Read Article
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U.S. General. States. says that analyze the application, which includes helicopters. A fleet of helicopters and spy planes and unmanned, better known as ‘drones’, asked Colombia to the United States , as part of the new phase of cooperation between both countries ( from the pump to ‘drone’ / analysis ). These aircraft would be […]
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A police operation conducted in Ipiales (Colombia), near Tulcan seized 510 sticks of dynamite brand Explogel, 1 800 detonators and 600 meters ineléctricos wick, which were to be used in terrorist attacks in the border zone. The war material of Ecuadorian origin was abandoned in five cans of lard in the field of Rumichaca International […]
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Would be the second discovery of the remains of some of the 25 disappeared by the paramilitaries. In a landscape of the Lower Rio Negro, in the Middle Magdalena Santander, a committee of the prosecution service in a grave the remains of four people who correspond to victims of the paramilitaries in the slaughter occurred […]
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A 10-year-old girl in Colombia has become one of the world’s youngest mothers after giving birth to a baby girl. Doctors delivered the baby by caesarean section after the girl, a member of the indigenous Wayuu tribe, arrived at a hospital in Manaure in tears.The girl, who has not been named, was 39 weeks pregnant […]
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A Colombian policeman was killed and four others wounded in a bomb attack committed by FARC guerrillas in southwestern population of El Bordo, regional authorities said Monday.The soldiers formed a patrol was ambushed last night in a peripheral area of the town of the department of Cauca, told reporters in Popayan, the regional capital, a […]
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Colombia has begun to receive the participants at the Sixth Summit of the Americas, which begins officially on Tuesday in the Caribbean city of Cartagena de Indias in the middle of quite a few expectations. And although the official agenda prepared by the Colombian government focuses on issues of physical integration, access and use of […]
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Hernan Hernandez, president of the Agricultural Society of Santander, said that security in the country, the department is in good health. An event to highlight the part of management is that there are currently no hostages and extortion have been reduced by working in partnership with the community. Farmers and ranchers have facilities for travel […]
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The director of the Geological Survey of Colombia, Martha Lucia Calvache, confirmed an increase in seismic activity and gas emissions during the last 24 hours in the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. The official noted that instability continues to experience an increase in seismicity associated with fluid movement and fracturing of rock in the volcanic cone. […]
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President of Colombia said that if the guerrillas showed “real will” he will lead the dialogue for peace. “As I made peace with Chavez will do with them.” In an interview with the Brazilian magazine Epoca published this week, the president said: “If there is willingness on the part of the FARC really want that […]
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On March 22 of each year marks the international day of water, unfortunately in our country this year not much to celebrate, since according to the Annual Survey of Water Quality for the Defence of the people and based on 2010 data indicates that only 30% of Colombians receive drinking water in the country. Following […]
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Sergeant: Born in Colombia but Argentine nationality. Drugs, Cocaine confiscated Friday contained in shipment of antique furniture destined for Europe. 83 Colombians have been involved in the investigation, 42 businesses providing logistics for the Colombian Narcos. Security Minister Nilda Garre revealed that among the arrested drug traffickers, is a sergeant serving in Buenos Aires the […]
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The FARC are “not weak” as stated by the government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Andean country’s military leadership said “Ivan Marquez,” member of the ‘secretariat’ or top hierarchy of the guerrillas, in a video released Saturday. The Colombian rebel group is “not weak” because “is ready to fight,” said “Marquez, alias Luciano […]
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Six Colombian soldiers Bogota and at least three FARC guerrillas were killed in fighting in the department of Chocó (northwest), the commander of the Seventh Army Division, General Hernan Giraldo. The attack took place on the highway between Pretoria, the capital of Chocó, and Medellin, the capital of Antioquia department, when the military surprised the […]
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14 000 men, detection equipment to meet any attack with nuclear or chemical elements, 6 robots and a squad of anti-explosives dogs are part of the large deployment of security that will surround the Summit of the Americas, held in Cartagena from Monday and next Sunday April 15th. Moreover, the devices include cyber controls, 3 […]
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“Outside the evil spirits!” Was heard over and over again in front of Juan Domínguez Hospital of Soledad Romero, during the early hours of yesterday morning, a situation that called wide attention not only to users of the entity but to unsuspecting passersby. These cries that seemed part of an exorcism scene, was merely a […]
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There alert the authorities of the District by the increase of respiratory diseases in the capital of the Republic. According to health agencies, the most affected are children of the city or town in which the mortality from this cause has increased by 30 percent. Read Article
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On Wednesday, the leaders of the largest coalition of American labor unions sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to maintain pressure on the Colombian government to end the rampant violence against union workers in the South American nation. Saturday marks the one-year anniversary of the signing of a Labor Action Plan between […]
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See previous news of Colombia See following news of Colombia Home / Colombia Police from 27 countries will assist in security for the Summit of the Americas Troops of the United States, Latin America and Europe will ensure the safety of the 33 presidents. By: Elpais.com.co | Colprensa Wednesday, April 4, 2012 – 2:35 pm […]
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Government statistics show that in the months where we celebrate the Holy Week are the major requests of divorces among couples in the country. In the last three years the number of divorces made in the country rose sharply in March and April when Easter was celebrated, according to a report released by the Superintendency […]
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Three men and one woman managed to steal through digital and electronic transactions 600 million pesos of bank accounts of a health promoter Bucaramanga. The members of this criminal gang were able to “hack” the financial system through electronic processes IPS and managed to send this money to the bank accounts of 17 people, officials […]
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The director of the National Disaster Unit, Carlos Ivan Marquez, Neiva said that more than 700 000 people assigned to the various relief agencies in the country in readiness to attend events caused by the rainy season. Read Article
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The commander of the Jungle Mobile Brigade No. 27, General Jose Guillermo Delvasto said operations continue in the area where two soldiers were killed and three wounded in an attack by the FARC. He explained that offensive operations to restore peace in the area of Ipiales, bordering Putumayo, were activated the explosives to the passage […]
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About 17,236 volunteers, technical and professional Red Cross, Civil Defense and Fire in Caldas, Tolima, Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Risaralda, Quindio and Valle del Cauca are ready to act against a possible eruption of Nevado del Ruiz volcano, still on alert orange for his constant earthquakes. This was reported on the morning of Holy Thursday the National […]
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Bad weather conditions prevented Honduras Tucano aircraft to track down the twin-engine Beechcraft plane that went on 18 March hangars Horizontal Aviation company in Bogota, which was reported as suspicious by the Colombian Air Force ( FAC). The director of the Aerocivil, Santiago Castro, said that since it is an issue of drug it is […]
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Department of Defense reported: BRASILIA, Brazil, March 29, 2012 – The Colombians have a good strategy to counter the main terrorist group in the country, and they will stick with it, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yesterday. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey spoke with reporters traveling with him from Colombia to […]
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The volcano Nevado del Ruiz continues Tuesday in degree of instability, said the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of Manizales, which maintains the alert for a possible eruption. The volcano Nevado del Ruiz “continues in the same behavior observed since the dawn of Saturday 31 March,” said the coordinator of the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory of […]
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For thousands and join the growing number of victims of antipersonnel mines in Colombia. An enemy alike mutilated combatants and noncombatants. The degradation of the conflict has led to the installation of this type of cheating in school yards, backyards, roads … Today Colombia is the world’s second dishonorable victims of these traps, second only […]
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BOGOTA. – A day after release remain the last ten hostages held by uniformed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the Colombian government urged the guerrillas to stop kidnappings and release the civilians still has in his possession. “We want a reliable sample of the true will of the FARC to end this conflict,” he […]
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The author said it is the Cuban president but a man in the crowd was like. The artist Jose Antonio Suarez Antioquia, the designer of thousand-peso bill, calling it “silly” the controversy over the alleged presence of Cuban president Fidel Castro in the back of the ticket, right next to the liberal leader Jorge Gaitan.”No […]
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At 4:30 pm confirmed the news that the country wanted to hear: the release, after more than 10 years in kidnapping of 10 soldiers kidnapped by the FARC. The spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Maria Cristina Rivera, read a statement with the information. The soldiers were in two places near […]
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A plane reported stolen from hangar at airport El Dorado Bogota Colombia King 300 aircraft, which was one of the hangars from El Dorado Airport in Bogota, disappeared without so far have clues to his whereabouts. This was confirmed by the Director of Civil Aeronautics, Santiago Castro, who said that the owners of the aircraft […]
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Increase is due to high oil prices in international markets, which is tied the value of fuel in Colombia. The price of a gallon of gasoline exceeded the barrier of 9,000 pesos, after the Ministry of Mines and Energy on Saturday applied an adjustment of 128.7 pesos to Bogota, where fuel is sold to a […]
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The Government of Colombia on Monday ordered the indefinite closure of the National Park of Los Nevados to changing activity of the volcano Nevado del Ruiz at orange, meaning an eruption likely in coming days or weeks. The closure of the park, which coincides with the beginning of Holy Week, it was reported on the […]
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Colombia: Alvaro Sarmiento, director of Civil Defense in the Amazon, told National Radio that since the flooding of the Amazon River reached a height of 13, 10 meters it was decided to declare red alert in the city and evacuated several families who were settled on the headwaters of the tributary. Read Article
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The two Cougar helicopters by Brazil 532UE ready for the unilateral release of 10 held by the FARC reached San Gabriel de Cachoeira, in northern Brazil. Prensa Latina (PL) recorded that from the border with Colombia, will leave on Sunday to the city of Villavicencio, in the center, and on Monday will begin the process. […]
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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have committed to release on Monday the hostages Colombia’s oldest, ten police and military captives for more than thirteen years. These Colombians were kidnapped between 1998 and 1999, are the military Luis Alfonso Beltran Franco, Luis Arturo Arcia, Robinson Salcedo Guarin and Luis Alfredo Moreno Chagüeza, and the […]
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A prosecutor closed the investigation of Medellin exejecutivos against several of the banana, which admitted to the Department of Justice of the United States for several years paid ‘vaccines’ for paramilitaries in Urabá and Magdalena. Read Article
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The oil minister of Venezuela, Rafael Ramirez, Minister of Mines and Colombian Mauricio Cardenas, announced significant progress in terms of the bilateral agreement on oil and gas. The first point has to do with the end of this year, the two countries must list the conceptual engineering of the pipeline project bilaterally, Pacific will have […]
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A gunman killed Wednesday afternoon in urban Sunna Amagá, Southwestern Antioquia, Joana Leidy Moncada, 23 years old. The girl, who was resident in the village Station of Angelopolis, was attacked in the San Fernando de Amagá, by a man captured by police after. The deceased will be buried Thursday in the cemetery of Amaga. In […]
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The Ecuadorian government will launch this year a project to develop a culture of peace on the border with Colombia, as part of comprehensive security policy in the area, reported the Minister of Culture, Erika Sylva. She said that intervene in areas of the three provinces bordering Colombia: Esmeraldas (Costa), Carchi (Andes) and Sucumbíos (Amazon). […]
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The drug was withdrawn on Friday by the occupants of a vessel without registration or name that had been detected in the sea by a maritime surveillance aircraft of the Navy The Colombian authorities seized a stash of 752 kilos of cocaine had been hidden by some sailors on the beach in the Pacific coast […]
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“Operation Armageddon ‘is part of the government’s strategy called’ Sword of Honour ‘. Almost 70 of the 141 guerrillas that the Ministry of Defence has been reported as killed by the military so far this year, fell in less than a week in two operations millimeter-kept, with infiltrated by intelligence and months, in Arauca and […]
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The arrest of Juan Carlos Calle Serna is not an isolated event. Official figures indicate that their ties are linked to criminal cases dating, for example, 2009. On 2 October of that year, drug agents staged a raid in four provinces, seized 3.8 tons of cocaine and arrested two soldiers: one sergeant and a former […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that 2,500 of coca plants were located by narotics police on two small islands in the Putumayo River in Sucumbios along the border with Colombia. The plants were destroyed by the armed forces of Ecuador.fternoon by members of the Narcotics Police, in collaboration with the Armed Forces of Ecuador. Read Article
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A former governor of the department of Caquetá (southern Colombia) was arrested for his alleged role in the murder of two teachers and links to paramilitary groups, prosecutors said Wednesday. Medina Germain Triviño (governor from 2010 to 2011) “is identified as allegedly responsible for the deaths of two teachers,” said Attorney in a statement. The […]
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Historical ties between two countries as far away as Russia and Colombia have been closer than they may seem at first glance. An example of this is the Bolshevik Revolution of Lebanon, a small town in the mountains of the Central Andes in the department of Tolima, Colombia. This town was one of the first […]
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Peru, Colombia and Bolivia seek to establish a system to measure the same criteria as the production of coca leaf, informed the president of the Peruvian anti-drug office, Carmen Masias. The decision, which includes the formation of teams in the three countries, was taken after the last two years to discrepancies about the amount of […]
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The FARC suffered a blow today with the deaths of 33 guerrillas in a military operation in Arauca department’s oil Colombian-Venezuelan border, while confirming that the release of the ten police and military have kidnapped begin on March 26. The rebels killed were in the front-tenth of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and […]
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The Navy of Colombia held a Ecuadorian-flagged fishing and four fishermen of that country, which operated in Colombian territorial waters on the coast facing the border state of Nariño, said here Tuesday that institution. The Ecuadorian fishing, the second held in a week, was intercepted in the area of Natural Park Gorgona, when fished illegally, […]
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Last year, attendance at theaters in the country hit a record 38 million tickets sold to see the 213 films being released in Colombia. The report that the Film Promotion Fund, Proimágenes Colombia, presented on Thursday night reported that the number of attendees, about 3 million viewers (7.9 percent) visited a Colombian movie, which almost […]
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Informality employmnet more attacks in cities outside the capital axis as Bogota, Cali, Medellin and Bucaramanga. In fact, Medellin has the lowest informality, with 50 percent. In contrast, the worst case is Quibdó whose informality reaches 84.14 percent, followed by Riohacha, with a rate of 81.23 percent. According Farné Stefano, director of the Centre of […]
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This was acknowledged on Sunday President Juan Manuel Santos after assessing the situation in Arauca. This failure in the security protocols of the National Army guerrillas allowed the company ‘Drigelio Almarales’, the tenth head of the FARC ambushed troops Energy and Roadway Battalion No. 16, killing 11 soldiers dead and two wounded. “By not following […]
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Clan members are originally from Puerto Asis, but established themselves as lords and masters throughout the southern Pacific coast from the 80’s. Gradually extended their dominions from Tumaco (Nariño) to the border and set up clandestine shipyards in Ecuador. The patriarch of the network, Mauner Mahecha, the ‘Old’, was a partner of drug traffickers as […]
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The child is a native of Iluman (Imbabura Province) and was taken to Colombia to work under compulsion and without receiving a salary, although before leaving he was offered $ 150 a month. During a routine operation, Colombian police casually entered a store to ask for identification papers and work permits. The Ecuadorian realizing the […]
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Link from Ecuador Juan Carlos Calle “was considered the international link of the criminal gang Los Rastrojos in the trafficking of cocaine from Ecuador to markets in Europe, Mexico and Central America”, said Sunday the press Luis Alberto Perez, director of the police narcotics. Perez also announced the arrest of two women and a man […]
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The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced they are ready to begin the process of release of 10 of their hostages, but insisted that the national government allow humanitarian activists to visit the imprisoned guerrillas in the country’s prisons. Through a statement, the FARC claimed to have all the logistics to implement the process […]
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The soldiers were transferred to the border with Colombia, Brazil and Guyana, as required by new security plan Operation Sentinel. El objetivo es combatir al narco ya los grupos irregulares a lo largo de 4.600 km The aim is to fight the narco and irregular groups along 4,600 km. Rangel Silva Minister did not refer […]
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Carchi Police presented photos of the five most wanted individuals in the province, who have outstanding accounts murders. Two of them are family and are involved in the death of lawyer Jorge Garcia. Edgar Lopez, head of the Judicial Police Carchi said that eight subjects who are in the sights of justice, as the suspects […]
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An assessment by Ecuadorian security forces reportedly says that Ecuador is home to an increasing number of organized criminal groups, and that the authorities have underestimated the problem. El Comercio reports (in Spanish) that a review by the military says that drug trafficking and organized crime may soon overwhelm the country, if “adequate measures” are […]
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The mayor charged that this move would represent a political party. Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro said that behind the blocks that were announced by tomorrow TransMilenio system would Colombian Student Organization (ECO) which has representation from a political party in the Congress. “That organization is calling on children from schools in the city to block […]
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In a press conference held on Thursday, the Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin, said the incident was reported on the border with Venezuela there were no deaths or injuries or. The operation, said was related to the pursuit of oil dealers who take advantage of low gas prices in the neighboring country to sell […]
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From this point of view, this purpose promoters claim that sexual violence has been used by all armed groups in the country as an instrument of war, in order to intimidate, silence, expropriate, moving and dominate, which makes rape in a widespread throughout the country. Therefore, according to Ivan Cepeda, this transformation in the offense […]
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The Carchi on the border with Colombia, has registered about 80 cases of extortion in 11 years, according to figures from the Anti-Kidnapping and Extortion Unit (Join) of the Police. During this same period, in other border provinces have reported 31 cases in Esmeraldas and 31 in Sucumbios. However, since 2001 the province where more […]
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Two Coca-Cola unionists who suffer threats from paramilitary groups since 2001 and have been victims of illegal surveillance by the Colombian state are investigated for conspiracy and terrorism. The trial result of the free versions of three commanders – ‘Coca Cola’, ‘Hawk’ and ‘Julian Bolívar’-present at the time of negotiation between the National Union Agri-Food […]
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Virtually all cases respond to domestic violence. “Legally they are treated as personal injury and go unpunished by the difficulty to verify authorship,” he told AFP Congresswoman Gloria Estela Diaz. The legislator presented on March 16 a bill to criminalize these attacks, with imprisonment from eight to 30 years with no right to a reduction […]
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The Civil Aviation reported Monday morning a new incident in the country air. A communication from the entity indicated that at 6:58 am on a corporate jet with Avianca HK9536 tuition covering the route Bogota – Barranquilla with 110 passengers, declared emergency. The first report indicates that the crew reported the aircraft pressurization failure. Immediately, […]
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National Police on Monday captured drug trafficker and former member of criminal gangs is sought for extradition by U.S. for his alleged role in the death of a DEA informant.Through a statement, the authorities explained that the arrest of Fernando Arroyave, alias ‘Máquina’ took place in the early hours of Monday as the drug lord […]
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The news director of the Ministry of Interior and Justice, Jorge Galindo, said on Sunday through his Twitter account that the National Guard (GNB), stopped in San Antonio del Tachira, a 22-year-old who tried to enter to Venezuela 16.350 kilograms of suspected cocaine. Galindo said that the modus operandi of the young person was allegedly […]
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The auxiliary Judge of the Superior Council of the Judiciary in Colombia, Maria Constanza Rivera Peña, warned of the risk in Mexico is the battle between criminal groups to control the transfer and sale of drugs. He estimated that if restrictive policies or through arms control are not accompanied by social programs and reclaiming public […]
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The first place is Brazil, according to the Security Centre of the OAS. The report was released at an event on the crime in the hemisphere that concluded Friday in Mexico City. That being said across the region came homicides in 2010 to 154,836, meaning that occur daily or 424, which is equal, 17 each […]
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Tabernier Mattheus, 32, who was found wounded in a waterfall. “He fell and rolled several meters, is found on Friday night in the middle of a waterfall,” said Gabriel Triana, a member of the Red Cross of Tolima, an institution that made the rescue work. “It’s alive by a miracle, all that shows is slightly […]
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ARRESTS OF SUSPECTED ANONYMOUS MEMBERS IN COLOMBIA, ARGENTINA, COLOMBIA, SPAIN Guardian.co.uk reported Interpol’s website appears to have been the victim of a cyber-attack after the international police agency announced the arrests of 25 suspected members of the hacking activist group Anonymous in Europe and South America. The website went down briefly on Tuesday as supporters […]
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The weakening of La Niña phenomenon in the next two weeks and his subsequent disappearance, will find the start of the first rainy season in Colombia, which will be very strong and will last until early June, according to Ideam. Meanwhile, half of the departments, are at high risk and threat of more emergencies. Cesar […]
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Four soldiers were killed in a confrontation that would have occurred in an indigenous reservation in the rural area of Puerto Guzmán. The Army maintains operations in the area to provide guerrillas with the front 32 of the FARC who participated in the violent clashes, as reported by El Tiempo. The soldiers killed were identified […]
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In a statement on their official website the illegal armed organization of the FARC announced Sunday its decision to add to the announced release of six hostages of the four remaining in his possession. The note, dated February 26 and also announced its gratitude to the president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, to accompany the process. […]
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he Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced they will release 10 hostages, four more than they had promised to release in December, while said resignation to the kidnapping of civilians, according to a statement released on Sunday its website . “Much has been said about the retention of people, men or women in the […]
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In events that currently are under investigation by authorities, was murdered teacher Gloria Cecilia Anaya, 45 years old, in the municipality of Floridablanca, said Metropolitan Police Commander of Bucaramanga, General Jose Angel Mendoza. Read Article
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