This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.
South Carolina prepares to vote in the Republican nomination campaign, with front-runner Mitt Romney hoping to win over the party's heart. Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits allies in South America. And children on the frontline of the war between the Colombian government and FARC rebels learn how to survive, and how not to get involved.
Timoleon Jimenez, the new leader of Columbia's Marxist FARC rebels, issued an internet statement saying the group would be willing to negotiate with President Juan Manuel Santos to discuss such issues as democracy and the economy.
This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.
Colombia’s FARC rebels have killed at least four military hostages, the country’s defense minister said on Saturday, in the guerrilla group’s most violent act since the armed forces killed its leader, Alfonso Cano, in a raid earlier this month.
Colombia’s FARC guerrillas said Tuesday they have named hardliner Timoleon Jimenez (pictured) as their new leader after the Colombian army killed his predecessor Alfonso Cano in November.
Colombia's FARC rebels have been at war with the government for nearly five decades but they suffered a major loss this week when their leader, Alfonso Cano, was shot dead by the army. Also, as the presidential elections draw nearer in the US, Barack Obama courts the black vote, but is it enough to get him re-elected? Finally, war veterans join the movement against corporate greed but protests turn violent in Oakland, California.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) said in a statement on Saturday that they would not lay down their arms despite the loss of their leader, Alfonso Cano, gunned down by government forces on Friday.
Alfonso Cano, the 63-year-old head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia (FARC) was killed on Friday in a bombing in the southwestern state of Cauca. Experts say, however, that it may be just a symbolic loss for the grassroots militia.
A landmark bill that will compensate the millions of victims of the country’s devastating internal armed conflict was enacted late Friday. The bill, signed by President Juan Manuel Santos, will also restore stolen land to its rightful owners.
