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Colombia declares emergency to deal with money scams

Bogotá :: Colombia | 1 day ago | Business News

Source: Gulf News

The measure came after panic spread among investors across Colombia last week after one suspect financial agency halted payments. Disturbances broke out in 12 states, police said, and investors stormed offices in the southwestern cites of Pasto and Popayan, threatening...

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A Strange Concept of “Security”

Bogotá :: Colombia | about 21 hours ago | No category

Source: Scoop

Some senior Colombian church leaders who supported Father Rafael’s visa application were given the impression that it had been denied in response to opposition to his visit from the Colombian military. At first glance, the State Department’s action appears indefensible...

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Rainforest 'destroyed by cocaine users'

Bogotá :: Colombia | 1 day ago | No category

Source: ITN

British cocaine users are helping to destroy rainforests and fund terror groups, Colombia's vice president has warned. Francisco Santos Calderon said every gram of cocaine snorted by a drug user causes the destruction of four square metres of rainforest.

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Colombia acts on pyramid collapse

Bogotá :: Colombia | 2 days ago | Business News

Source: CNN

The Colombian government declared a state of emergency Monday, allowing officials to take over businesses that have used pyramid schemes to steal millions of dollars from 3 million investors. The government immediately took over 60 branches of a company called...

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Facebook, Google, YouTube, MTV, Howcast, Columbia Law School and the U....

Bogotá :: Colombia | 1 day ago | Technology News

Source: Myanmar News

Facebook, Google, YouTube, MTV, Howcast, Columbia Law School and the U.S. Department of State Convene the Alliance of Youth Movements Summit Dec. Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Facebook, Google, YouTube, MTV, Howcast, Columbia Law School, the U.S. Department of State and...

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Colombian hostage escapes Farc

Bogotá :: Colombia | 24 days ago | No category

Source: Al Jazeera

A Colombian hostage has escaped after being held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) for eight years, authorities said. Oscar Tulio Lizcano told reporters on Sunday that he fled a jungle camp in the western Choco province with one of his captors three...

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Colombia army chief resigns amid scandal

Bogotá :: Colombia | 15 days ago | No category

Source: Associated Press

The commander of Colombia's army resigned abruptly Tuesday in a widening scandal over the killing of scores of civilians, allegedly spurred by promotion-seeking officers to inflate rebel body counts...Mario Montoya, who won wide acclaim for the bloodless hostage rescue of...

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Colombia fires soldiers over deaths

Bogotá :: Colombia | 20 days ago | No category

Source: United Press International

The Colombian government fired more than two dozen military officials for allegedly killing 11 men without cause. Among those losing their jobs were three generals, El Tiempo reported Wednesday. The men supposedly killed by the soldiers were said to have...

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Colombian generals purged over civilian killings

Bogotá :: Colombia | 21 days ago | No category

Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Young men have been disappearing from the southern Bolota district of Soacha. They had little in common, except they were poor and usually unemployed. Then their bodies appeared in Norte de Santander, an area sown with drug crops and home...

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Colombian rebels offer hostage talks

Bogotá :: Colombia | 22 days ago | No category

Source: CNN

Leftist Colombian rebels announced Tuesday they have agreed to meet with prominent Colombians to discuss the possible release of hostages they are holding. The announcement was posted on a pro-rebel Web site, dated October 16...Tuesday -- two days after the...

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