Huila (Colombia)

Colombian volcano erupts

AFP A thousand people were evacuated and traffic was stopped after the Galeras volcano erupted in southern Colombia without causing casualties. The locals were taken to shelters in Pasto, the capital of Narino department on the...

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Petrominerales Records Net Income of US$26.2 Million in the Third Quarter

Petrominerales Ltd. , a 67% owned subsidiary of Petrobank Energy and Resources Ltd. , is pleased to announce third quarter financial and operating results highlighted by a 73% increase in production to 21,546 barrels of oil per...

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Army neutralizes FARC terrorist actions

Bogotá. Colombian Army troops while performing offense operations achieved the neutralization of twoimprovised explosive devices, set up by FARC in the departments of Huila and Tolima. In a timely military action, soldiers from...

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Colombia volcano rumbles back to life!

Officials in southern Colombia have issued a code orange alert for the newly-active Galeras volcano which they said could erupt in a matter of days or weeks, according to the state-run Geological and Mining Institute.

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Colombian police deactivate guerilla bomb

BOGOTA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- Colombian police on Thursday deactivated a bomb placed by guerilla of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in front of a supermarket in Neiva city, south of the country. Colonel Flavio...

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Ash Emissions at Nevado del Huila

download large image (854 KB, JPEG) acquired October 28, 2009 in the Columbian Andes, has been active since October 16, 2009. Tremors indicating movement of fluid within the volcano, surface emissions of gas and ash, and other...

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Volcanic eruption in Colombia

Back to Charter Activations Description of the Event Local estimates foresee that there is a risk of occurrence of mudflows in the Paéz and Símbola river basins due to lahar of the Nevado Del Huila volcano. The high threat area...

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Colombia: OCHA Weekly Humanitarian Report No. 40, 41, 05 - 18 Oct 2009

Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Full_Report (pdf* format - Since 10 October, 234 Afro Colombian and Eperara Siapidara indigenous families (nearly 900 people) remain displaced in...

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Putting a community, and its land, underwater

Global PostSept 23--Peasants are angry about being pushed off their land for a hydroelectric project whose energy might not even go to Colombians. As the muddy waters of the Magdalena River meander south of the sweltering city...

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Colombian players die in car crash (Reuters)

BOGOTA, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Two players from Colombian side Atletico Huila and a woman travelling with them were killed in a car crash on Sunday, police said. Teenage striker Herman Cordoba, midfielder Mario Beltran and the...

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