Colombian Vice-President Highlights His Country’s Aid to Peace-Keeping Missions

July 21, 2009

Jerusalem, 20 July (EFE).- The vice-president of Colombia, Francisco Santos Calderón, emphasized his country’s international vocation in carrying out peace-keeping missions today, after visiting the Sinai Peninsula to celebrate the Twentieth of July – Colombian Independence Day – with the Colombian contingent stationed in that region.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

Colombian Vice-President Highlights His Country’s Aid to Peace-Keeping Missions

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