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Latin America News: Two Killed in Car Bombing in Colombia
February 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least two people died and three others were wounded Tuesday when a car bomb exploded in a rural part of the strife-torn Colombian province of Cauca, authorities told Efe. continue reading »
FARC Says Willing to Free 3 Colombian Security Force Members
February 3, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombia's FARC guerrilla group said Saturday they are willing to free two police captured on Jan. 25 and a soldier grabbed this week in the Andean nation's southwest. continue reading »
FARC Release 3 Kidnapped Engineers in Colombia
February 1, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombia's FARC rebels have freed the three petroleum engineers they had kidnapped in the country's southwest, a police spokesman told Efe Thursday. continue reading »
Medellin Up Against New York, Tel Aviv for City of the Year Award
January 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Colombian city of Medellin is competing against New York and Tel Aviv for the title of world's most innovative, a candidacy based on a public-transport system that aims to bolster social cohesion and chip away at longstanding problems of socioeconomic inequality, violence and drug trafficking. continue reading »
Designers Display Creations Integrating New Technology at Fashion Fair in Colombia
January 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Designers are reinventing sportswear with new synthetic fibers that combine design and technology, and are on display at the Colombiatex 2013 fair in Medellin, Colombia. continue reading »
Colombian Police Confiscate Cocaine Worth $1 Billion
January 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Drug enforcement agents seized 3,826 kilos of cocaine suspected of belonging to Colombia's Los Urabeños gang and bound for the Mexican Gulf port of Veracruz, where the drugs would be received by the Los Zetas cartel, National Police director Gen. Jose Roberto Leon Riaño said. continue reading »
Colombian Authorities Arrest Kidnappers of Mining Employees
January 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said authorities have three people in custody in connection with last week's kidnapping of five mining company employees in the northern province of Bolivar. continue reading »
Colombian Children Continue to Die and Be Severely Injured by Landmines
January 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In 2012, 13 children died in Colombia and 52 others were injured as a result of landmines. continue reading »
Latin America News: Colombian FARC Guerillas Explore Bilateral Cease-Fire Option
January 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The FARC rebels on Sunday asked the Colombian government to study the possibility of a bilateral cease-fire upon the ending of the unilateral truce that the guerrillas declared two months ago. continue reading »
Spanish University Brings Sustainable Energy to Colombian Town
January 20, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Northwestern Spain's University of Santiago de Compostela is leading a project to create "sustainable energy communities" in Colombia, providing free electricity to residents of La Primavera, a town in the so-called "FARC zone," officials said. continue reading »
Panama, Honduras Arrest Colombian Drug Kingpins
January 20, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two drug kingpins operating from the Colombian island of San Andres were captured in Honduras and Panama, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. continue reading »
Latin America News: Colombian Rebels Kidnap Gold Mine Employees
January 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombia's ELN guerrilla group abducted five employees from a gold mine in the northern province of Bolivar, the armed forces commander said Friday. continue reading »
Colombia Halts Hotel Project in Tayrona National Park
January 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Colombian government has suspended a hotel project in Tayrona National Park that included the construction of 12 cabins, to prevent any possible damage to the ecosystems of this natural reserve. continue reading »
Colombia Renews Coal Production Contract with Brazilian Firm
January 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombia's government renewed a coal production and marketing accord with Brazilian conglomerate Votorantim Group's local unit, which has operated in the central province of Boyaca since 1989. continue reading »
Concern Over Constitutional Reforms in Colombia Giving Military Too Much Power
January 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expresses its deep concern over the serious setback in human rights that would represent the constitutional reform that modifies Articles continue reading »
Latin American News: Honduran Ambassador to Colombia Resigns Amidst Scandal
January 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The ambassador of Honduras to Colombia, Carlos Humberto Rodriguez, resigned his post Saturday following the scandal at his country's embassy in Bogota last Dec. 20, the Honduran Foreign Ministry said. continue reading »
Drug Trafficker Operating Throughout LatAm Arrested in Colombia
January 6, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A man suspected of belonging to a drug gang that operates in Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador and Argentina was arrested in southwestern Colombia, the National Police said. continue reading »
Major Bus Accident Kills 11, Injures 30 in Colombia
January 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Eleven people died, including four children, and another 30 were injured in a bus crash on the highway between the Colombian provinces of Caldas and Cundinamarca, traffic authorities said Saturday. continue reading »
Latin America News: Colombian Military Kills 13 Guerrillas
January 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 13 guerrillas were killed during an operation by Colombian security forces against the FARC rebels in Chigorodo, a town in the northwestern province of Antioquia. continue reading »
Colombian Police Seize 1,760 Pounds of Cocaine Headed for Mexico
December 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In a new blow at the Los Urabaños crime gang in the port of Cartagena, Colombian police seized Saturday 800 kilos (1,760 pounds) of cocaine chlorohydrate of the highest purity that was being shipped to the Los Zetas cartel in Mexico by way of Honduras. continue reading »
