Caitlin Trent

Colombia’s San Pacho festival makes UNESCO’s ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ list

Caitlin TrentDecember 5, 201204.4K views

The San Pacho festival, held every year in western Colombia, was declared an “Intangible Cultural Heritage” for humanity Wednesday by UNESCO. {japopup type=”image”content=”http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/417273_419297301463563_1893398292_n.jpg” title=”San Pacho Festivities”}{/japopup} {japopup type=”image”content=”http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/76277_419298451463448_192510881_n.jpg” title=”San Pacho…

Colombians march against Santos

Caitlin TrentDecember 5, 201201.9K views

Colombians, allegedly without political agenda but held together through social networks, are holding a “cacerolazo,” a colloquial term meaning banging pots and pans in protest, against the government of President…

Red Cross can verify FARC has no hostages: Tanja Nijmeijer

Caitlin TrentDecember 5, 201202.4K views

Dutch FARC guerrilla Tanja Neijmeijer claimed Tuesday that the FARC have no hostages and their guns are “only for defense.” In an interview with Russian news channel RT in Havana,…

Colombia FARC operation leaves 7 dead

Caitlin TrentDecember 5, 201203.3K views

An army operation resulted in the deaths of seven alleged rebels near the Venezuelan border Tuesday night in the search for “Jhon 40,” an accused drug-trafficking FARC commander. In the search…

Colombia a changing map of crime and violence: Report

Caitlin TrentDecember 5, 201203.2K views

New waves of violence have emerged from the fragmentation of Colombia’s neo-paramilitary groups and drug cartels, concentrated in Colombia’s central region and Caribbean and Pacific coasts but is present in…

Cartagena deemed a city of ‘heart, soul, and style’

Caitlin TrentDecember 4, 201203.8K views

The English newspaper, The Telegraph, called Cartagena a city with “heart, soul and style,” and a deserving host for the January “Hay Festival” and the Nobel Prize winners that will…

Colombia defends military justice reform to HRW

Caitlin TrentDecember 4, 201202K views

Colombia’s defense minister has defended a controversial military justice reform bill in a letter to Human Rights Watch, newspaper El Tiempo reported Monday. The controversial reform, which just passed its…

Colombia House president admits knowing arrested ‘Gold Czar’

Caitlin TrentDecember 3, 201201.7K views

House of Representatives President Augusto Posada on Monday admitted to knowing a recently arrested suspected crime lord known as the “Gold Czar.” In an interview with W Radio, the House…

HIV ridden rapist infects at least 50 women

Caitlin TrentDecember 3, 201201.7K views

Bogota police on Monday arrested a man accused of raping and infecting at least 50 women with HIV throughout Colombia, local media reported. Suspect Libardo Rojas Duenas is a self-aware…