All posts tagged ELN
Colombia: Colombians go to polls for presidential election
Colombians go to polls for presidential election; Talks with ELN held in Ecuador; Bogota’s metro within sight Colombians go to polls for presidential election On 15 June over 10,000 polling stations were opened across Colombia for the second round of […]
Colombia: Hippos escape from Escobar’s Hacienda Nápoles
Hippos escape from Escobar’s Hacienda Nápoles; Occidental Petroleum denies ‘arbitrary’ dismissal of workers; Government invests in García Márquez tourism Hippos escape from Escobar’s Hacienda Nápoles Colombian Environment Minister Luz Helena Sarmiento announced 11 April that ten hippopotamuses have escaped from the Hacienda […]
Colombia: coffee growers end 12-day strike
Coffee growers end 12-day strike; German hostages freed by ELN; Medellín: world’s ‘most innovative city’
Colombia: Peace talks enter fifth round
Peace talks enter fifth round; ELN wants proof of identity for German hostages; first Colombian to be made a saint by Catholic Church.
Colombia: Second-largest guerrilla group ‘overlooked’ by peace talks
Second-largest guerrilla group ‘overlooked’ by peace talks; Santos asks Europe to join debate on drugs; Medellín, Latin American capital of innovation.
Colombia: Peace talks focus on land reform
Peace talks focus on land reform; ELN guerrillas kidnap five people; construction of hotel in national park suspended
Cuba: New tax system for a changing economy
Government introduces new tax system; new cases of cholera reported in the wake of Hurricane Sandy; Colombia-FARC peace talks arrive in Havana.
Colombia 24/10/11
Kidnapped girl safely returned to her family and indigenous groups oppose luxury hotel in Tayrona.