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Labor Dept. Looking to Fund $1.5M Grant for Improving Labor RIghts in Colombia
October 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs is seeking eligible applicants under a $1.5 million competitive grant solicitation to develop centers for workers' rights in Colombia. continue reading »
Colombian Police Arrest 71 After “Day of Dignity” Protests
October 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian "indignados" took to the streets of the nation's biggest cities during their "Day of Dignity" protest against the country's social inequality, during which 71 people were arrested in the capital for disturbing the peace. continue reading »
Hundreds of Thousands of Colombians Protest Inequality Across Country
October 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian counterparts of Spain's "indignados" took to the streets of the Andean nation's major cities on Friday to protest inequality. The "Day of Dignity" events in Bogota included students participating in an apprenticeship program and judicial employees, who walked off the job Thursday to demand the government comply with a 20-year-old mandate to standardize their pay. continue reading »
Search Teams Continue to Scour Southern Colombia for Mudslide Victims
October 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Search teams resumed looking Sunday for 11 people reported missing after a mudslide in Villas del Prado, a hamlet outside the southwestern Colombian city of Isnos, with the official death toll from the disaster at four, officials said. continue reading »
13 People Missing Since Mudslide Attacks Southern Colombia
October 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 13 people went missing Saturday and five were injured in a mudslide that buried a hamlet in the southwestern Colombian province of Huila, emergency management services in Bogota said. continue reading »
Norway Confirms Peace Talks Between Colombia and FARC WIll Begin Oct. 17
October 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Peace talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrilla group will officially begin on Oct. 17 in Oslo, a spokeswoman for the Norwegian foreign ministry said Thursday. continue reading »
Peace Talks Between Colombia and FARC to Begin October 15
October 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Representatives of Colombia's FARC rebel group said that peace talks with the Andean nation's government will begin Oct. 15, a week later than originally announced. continue reading »
7.3 Earthquake Shakes Souther Colombia
September 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A magnitude-7.3 earthquake rocked no fewer than 11 provinces in southern and southwestern Colombia on Sunday, but so far there have been no reports of deaths or injuries, although a few homes were damaged in a small village. continue reading »
Colombia Prepares Itself Against Cyber Attacks
September 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Ministry of Defense of Colombia, with the support of the Organization of American States (OAS), is conducting an exercise in cyber security crisis management at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia, with the objective of strengthening the capabilities of Colombia in preventing, detecting and mitigating the effects of a large scale cyber attack on the country. continue reading »
Colombian Agents Confiscate Over 12 Tons of Cocaine, Marijuana in Anti-drug Campaign
September 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Drug enforcement agents seized more than 12 tons of cocaine and marijuana in Colombia during a three-day multi-faceted operation in several regions, officials said Sunday. continue reading »
Ex-Professional Colombian Soccer Player, Friend Gunned Down in Guatemala
September 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two Colombians, including an ex-professional soccer player, died in an armed attack by unknown assailants at a restaurant in the Guatemalan town of Malacatan on the Mexican border, officials said Saturday. continue reading »
Indian Leader Murdered While Waiting for Bus in Colombia
September 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The mayor of an Indian reserve in the conflicted southwestern Colombian province of Cauca was gunned down while waiting for a bus to take him to a meeting with his community, government officials said. continue reading »
$30 Million Worth of Cocaine Seized by Colombian Navy
September 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian naval units found more than a ton of cocaine on a high-speed boat traveling in Caribbean waters near San Andres Island, the military said Tuesday. continue reading »
Ceasefire Will Not Hinder Peace Talks, Says Colombian Rebels
September 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A spokesman for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrilla group told a Bogota daily that upcoming peace talks with the government will not break down if its request for an immediate truce is not granted. continue reading »
Colombian Police Shut Down Illegal Gold Mine
September 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An illegal gold mine operating in a rural area in Huila, a province in southern Colombia, has been shut down, police said. A mobile unit of the Huila police force seized a pump and pans used by gold miners. continue reading »
Colombia Captures 18 Gang Members With Links to 17 Murders
September 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombian authorities arrested 18 suspected members of the Los Urabeños criminal gang who are accused in connection with 17 murders, tracking them down in three separate parts of the country, the National Police said Saturday. continue reading »
Colombian Economy Surpasses Argentina as No. 2 Economy in South America
September 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Colombia has moved ahead of Argentina to become South America's second-largest economy, the outgoing Colombian finance minister said Friday. continue reading »
Colombian Teens Kidnapped in March Found Dead
August 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two teenagers kidnapped in March were found dead in a rural area of the southwestern Colombian province of Nariño, police said Thursday. The bodies were discovered outside the town of Mallama, the p continue reading »
Retired Colombian General Sentenced For Killing Peasant Leader in 1997
August 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Retired Colombian Gen. Rito Alejo del Rio was convicted Friday and sentenced to nearly 26 years in prison for the 1997 murder of a peasant leader in a joint army-paramilitary operation. continue reading »
Man Attempted to Board Plane With a Grenade in his Bag in Colombia
August 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A man was arrested when a grenade was found in his carry-on luggage as he tried to board a commercial flight in the southwestern Colombian city of Guapi, authorities said. continue reading »
