Uribe accuses registrar of defying drink ban
President Alvaro Uribe has asked the Inspector General to investigate Carlos Ariel Sanchez, over allegedly violating the weekend-long election alcohol ban with a drink of scotch.
Read more...Ex-army captain sentenced to 20 years for massacre
A former Colombian army captain was sentenced to 20 years in jail for his part in the 2005 San Jose de Apartado massacre, in which five adults and three children were brutally murdered.
Bogota Transmilenio crash injures 30
An accident involving two buses from Bogota's Transmilenio system left at least 30 passengers injured.
FARC hostages 'to be released Thursday'
The operation to free FARC hostages Pablo Emilio Moncayo and Josue Daniel Calvo will begin in the next 72 hours, according to Colombian media.
Colombia is still Uribeland, after all
There has been so much talk about elections in Colombia for such a long time, that the fact the country has finally had one seems, well, rather strange.
Read more...No thank you for the music: Abba will NOT play Bogota
Colombian businessman German Arango announced the sad news that, contrary to recent reports, international supergroup Abba will not be playing in Bogota after all, and that he had in fact booked an Abba-themed musical to play in the capital.
Read more...Tour buses and tango in Medellin's cemeteries
Medellin is embarking on a new venture to introduce visitors to the city's historically fascinating network of cemeteries, with organized tours by day and full-moon tangos by night.
Read more...Colombian TV stars burned at the ballot box
They may be winners on TV, but when it comes to politics, the Colombian entertainers who ran for Congress lost out.
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