Bogota - Avalanches and mudslides killed at least four people and left three missing after the eruption this week of the Nevado del Huila volcano in south-western Colombia, local leaders said.
Marco Tuilio Tocomas, governor of the indigenous zone of Caloto-Vila, said Friday that four bodies were found near the community and they appeared to have been dragged by avalanches.
National authorities had not yet confirmed any deaths from an avalanche over the Paez River, which witnesses said covered a swath up to 200 metres wide and took everything in its path.
Bogota - About 12,000 indigenous farmers arrived in central Bogota after marching for more than 10 days along several routes from south-western Colombia to press for the return of ancestral lands.
The native campesinos converged Friday in the capital's Plaza Bolivar, where they were joined by university students and members of trade and labour unions.
"We come here to denounce the human rights violations against us and to analyze the land issue," indigenous leader Aida Quilcue said.
Leticia, Colombia/Tabatinga, Brazil - Breakfast consists of scrambled eggs with chili sauce and refried beans in Columbia. For lunch there is charcoal-grilled fish in Peru. And rounding things off at sundown are caipirinha cocktails in Brazil.
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Madrid - Prosecutors at Spain's National Court on Friday requested the arrest of five suspected members of the militant Basque separatist group ETA on suspicion of exchanging information on military tactics with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
The whereabouts of the five were unknown. Press reports said they had fled to Cuba and Venezuela.
Documents seized from ETA and FARC provided evidence of the contacts and collaboration, the prosecutors said.
Bogota - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday congratulated US president-elect Barack Obama on his election victory, and said he was sure that the two countries would continue to cooperate.
Uribe, widely regarded as US President George W Bush's main ally in Latin America, said his government's main interest in further cooperation lay in the fights against drug trafficking and terrorism.
Bogota - Avalanches and mudslides killed at least four people and left three missing after the eruption this week of the Nevado del Huila volcano in south-western Colombia, local leaders said.
Bogota - About 12,000 indigenous farmers arrived in central Bogota after marching for more than 10 days along several routes from south-western Colombia to press for the return of ancestral lands.
Leticia, Colombia/Tabatinga, Brazil - Breakfast consists of scrambled eggs with chili sauce and refried beans in Columbia. For lunch there is charcoal-grilled fish in Peru. And rounding things off at sundown are caipirinha cocktails in Brazil.
Madrid - Prosecutors at Spain's National Court on Friday requested the arrest of five suspected members of the militant Basque separatist group ETA on suspicion of exchanging information on military tactics with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
Bogota - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday congratulated US president-elect Barack Obama on his election victory, and said he was sure that the two countries would continue to cooperate.
