21/10/2014 | En Parrilla
IMF to study how to finance peace in Colombia
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is studying possibilities to finance a peace process in Colombia in the event the country’s government is able to make peace with the country’s largest rebel group, the FARC, said the finance minister Wednesday.
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13/03/2014 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
69 new Colombia congress elect tied to criminal activity: Report
Sixty-nine of the congress elect who gained seats in Sunday’s election have links to illegal activities, according to a local NGO. If allegations are true, this means that more than a quarter of Colombia’s lawmakers taking office on July 20 is in trouble with the law.
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02/08/2013 | Transparencia
Colombia’s Congress looking into amplified measures to curb corruption
Colombia’s Congress has begun debating a bill that would significantly expand penalties for political parties whose congressmen find themselves investigated or convicted of crimes, reported political website La Silla Vacia.
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24/04/2013 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Biggest Bogota marijuana seizure in 10 years: Police
Colombia’s National Police on Tuesday announced “the biggest confiscation of marijuana to occur in Colombia’s capital [of Bogota] in the last 10 years.”
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16/03/2013 | En Parrilla
Colombia will host Pacific Alliance summit
Colombia's minister of foreign affairs announced on Thursday that Cali will host the next presidential summit for the Pacific Alliance, a trade bloc including Peru, Chile, Mexico, and Colombia.
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24/02/2013 | En Parrilla
Nicaragua proposes solution in maritime border dispute
Nicaragua proposes to Colombia on Thursday that they work together to create a designated zone for the indigenous people of San Andres, in order to resolve their maritime border dispute over the Caribbean island.
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30/01/2013 | Economia y Finanzas
Colombia, Chile, Peru, Mexico to eliminate trade barriers
Colombia, Chile, Peru, and Mexico will eliminate 90% of all trade barriers between their respected countries, said Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos on Monday.
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28/12/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia military fears 'wave of terrorist attacks' after FARC ceasefire ends
Colombia's director of the national police, the country's senior army commander and the commander of the Air Force all said that they anticipated a FARC attack when the unilateral ceasefire expires on January 20.
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17/08/2012 | En Parrilla
Nicaragua accuses Colombia and Costa Rica in territorial disputes
Nicaragua on Wesdnesday accused Colombia and Costa Rica of wanting to appropriate Nicaraguan territory.
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28/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - Colombia's Air Force takes part in US war games
After two years of preparation, Colombia's Air Force participated in major military maneuvers with the United States for the first time in simulated air battles over a Nevada desert.
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28/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - Colombia's Air Force takes part in US war games
After two years of preparation, Colombia's Air Force participated in major military maneuvers with the United States for the first time in simulated air battles over a Nevada desert.
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28/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - Colombia's Air Force takes part in US war games
After two years of preparation, Colombia's Air Force participated in major military maneuvers with the United States for the first time in simulated air battles over a Nevada desert.
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28/07/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - Colombia's Air Force takes part in US war games
After two years of preparation, Colombia's Air Force participated in major military maneuvers with the United States for the first time in simulated air battles over a Nevada desert.
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17/07/2012 | Frente Externo
Santos reaffirms Colombia's sovereignty over disputed islands
President Juan Manuel Santos reiterated Colombia's longstanding sovereignty over the San Andres archipelago Sunday which Nicaragua has laid claim to.
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01/11/2011 | Frente Externo
Colombia elections 'show 2 different countries': Analyst
The local elections have highlighted the increasing divisions between rural and urban Colombia and the political struggle between powerful interest groups according to Adam Isacson, director of the Regional Security Policy Program at the Washington Office on Latin America and expert on Colombia.
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26/10/2011 | Economia y Finanzas
Colombia, Venezuela to build 2,000-mile oil pipeline
The foreign ministers of Colombia and Venezuela agreed to create a joint venture company to create an oil pipeline from the Orinoco River in Venezuela to the port of Tumaco on Colombia's Pacific coast.
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20/11/2010 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Ecuador denounces FARC recruitment of minors .
Ecuadorean army commander General Ernesto Gonzalez denounces the recruitment of Ecuadorean minors into the ranks of Colombia's FARC guerrilla group, reports Caracol.
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18/09/2009 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Colombia - 28 drug traffickers captured
Among the captured was a reknowned cattle rancher and investor who oversaw the Central America and Europe trafficking routes, reports newspaper El Espectador.
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