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Debit cards for the FARC

7,400 FARC ex-combatants will start receiving debit cards with monthly stipends 2

By Malachi Ryan July 24, 2017

As part of Colombia's peace accords with the FARC, the Colombian government has begun to deliver, in concert with Banco Agrario, debit cards to FARC ex-terrorists. Under the terms of the government's agreement with the FARC, the government will make monthly deposits onto the cards, providing the...

Taxis vs Uber

Man severely injured and disfigured in Uber attack in Bogotá 3

By Gerardo Inzunza July 24, 2017

The past Saturday, at about 3:00 am, a young man was injured while entering an Uber after leaving a...

Álvaro Uribe Vélez

Who will be the candidate for Uribe’s Centro Democrático party? 4

By Gerardo Inzunza July 24, 2017

With more than 20 candidates declared for the forthcoming 2018 Colombian national elections, and...

Unemployment

More than 500,000 Colombians neither work nor study 5

By Gerardo Inzunza July 24, 2017

More than 580,000 Colombians between the ages of 15 and 24 do not work and are not studying or...

FARC jewelry

Surrendered FARC weapons to be converted into jewelry, monuments 6

By Malachi Ryan July 24, 2017

As part of the peace accords, weapons collected by the UN mission to Colombia and the government of...