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Colombian President to donate Nobel Prize money to victims
BOGOTA, Colombia — President Juan Manuel Santos says he’ll donate almost $1 million in Nobel Peace Prize money to the victims of Colombia’s half-century conflict. Santos made the announcement Sunday during a visit with his family and top government officials…
Colombian drug kingpin sentenced to 35 years in US prison
By Nate Raymond, Reuters From Business Insider A Colombian drug kingpin was sentenced on Monday to 35 years in a U.S. prison for engaging in a multi-million dollar scheme to manufacture hundreds of tons of cocaine that he trafficked throughout…
Inside Colombia’s ‘Guantanamo Bay’: A Human Rights nightmare
From telesur Ariz Carrillo spent two years and five months locked behind bars at one of Colombia’s maximum security prisons, la Tramacua – a place so renown for its human rights abuses that it has been dubbed “the Guantanamo of…
Middle East terrorism strengthening in Caribbean basin
From Corey Pearson, CIA Spymaster in the Caribbean The House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade discussed the expanding narco-terrorist trade throughout the Caribbean Basin, which includes Latin and South America. I offer this summation of…
