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Colombian President Santos Spends Night in Project of 1600 Free Apartments
April 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff
President Juan Manuel Santos slept in one of the 320 apartments that will be given to the neediest of Valledupar (in this project there are 1,600 total). The Head of State claimed this act was to verify the quality of the structures and ensure that the beneficiaries may live a dignified and quality continue reading »
Colombian Teen Hit-Man Confesses to more Than 30 Assassinations
April 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff
In Latin America news, a now 19-year-old teen gun for hire has confessed to over 30 murders when he was between the ages of 11-16. Andres Leonardo Achipiz blames his family's poverty and fathers abuse as to what lead him to a life of crime. continue reading »
Police Kill Drug Gang’s Number 2 in Colombia
April 24, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The second-in-command of Colombia's Los Urabeños drug gang was killed in a shootout with police, authorities said Wednesday. Francisco Jose Morela, alias "El negro Sarley," was killed in a rural area outside the northwestern town of Turbo, Antioquia province, Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon and National Police director Gen. Jose Roberto Leon Riaño said in a press conference. continue reading »
Earth Day 2013: Honoring Nohra Padilla’s Earth Saving Work in Colombia
April 22, 2013 | by HS News Staff
As the U.S. joins others countries around the world celebrating Earth Day 2013 today, Colombia is celebrating one of their country’s great informal environmentalists, Nohra Padilla. continue reading »
IACHR Condemns Murder of Colombian Activist
April 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) laments the murder of Ever Cordero, who chaired a participatory dialogue process for victims of displacement in the department (province) of Córdoba, Colombia. continue reading »
Police Seize Cocaine Worth $75 Million in Colombia
April 20, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Colombian police seized three tons of cocaine belonging to a gang of paramilitary drug traffickers known as "Los Urabeños" at a farm in the northern province of Antioquia on the Caribbean coast, authorities said. continue reading »
Colombia Leads Latin America in Automation
April 12, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Colombia, the South American country that is second in foreign investment after Brazil, has become the regional leader in applying industrial automation, experts told Efe at the Automatisa 2013 trade fair, which began earlier this week in Bogota. continue reading »
Nobel Laureate Calls For an End to Censorship
April 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff
South African-born Nobel literature laureate J.M. Coetzee offered an impassioned critique of censorship during a seminar at the Universidad Central de Bogota. continue reading »
Colombia Restores Land Seized by Militia to Peasants
April 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff
President Juan Manuel Santos traveled to the northern province of Cordoba on Wednesday to preside over the restoration of lands stolen from 60 peasant families by the founders of Colombia's murderous AUC militia movement. continue reading »
COLOMBIA: Marchers Call for Peace Between Gov’t, FARC
April 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Thousands of Colombians filled the streets of this capital and other cities Tuesday to support the peace process being negotiated by the government and FARC rebels, in the most pluralistic rally that a continue reading »
Nasa Indian Killed as Colombian Violence Continues
April 7, 2013 | by Survival International
A 57-year-old Nasa Indian man has been shot dead in an alleged army attack in Colombia. Álvaro Chocué was shot in the head on Saturday, 30th March in the Caldono Indian Reserve in Colombia’s south-west Cauca province. continue reading »
Colombian “Emerald Czar” Victor Carranza Dies, Age 78
April 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Colombian "emerald czar" Victor Carranza, a mining tycoon who was investigated for alleged ties to right-wing militias and other crimes, died on Thursday, officials at the Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota hospital told Efe. He was 78. continue reading »
Juanes’ Autobiography Will Include “a Tour of Obscure Memories”
April 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Touching stories about his beginnings, what influenced his music, the burden of fame, his relations with God and even the death of his father - Juanes' first book is an intimate door to his life. continue reading »
Continuing Peace Talks Between Colombia, FARC Delayed till End of April
March 30, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The peace delegations of the Colombian government and the FARC announced Saturday that the continuation of peace talks in Cuba, originally scheduled for April 2, will be delayed until the end of April. Meanwhile the two sides will work "separately" on pending elements of the agrarian problem. continue reading »
Dominican Authorities Seize More than 2 Tons of Cocaine
March 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Dominican authorities said 1,909 kilos (roughly 2.1 tons) of cocaine were seized early Wednesday off the country's eastern coast and that a pair of Colombian suspects were arrested. continue reading »
