Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 14, 2012 | News
The late brother of former President Alvaro Uribe reportedly did not have one, but two children with Dolly Cifuentes, who is set to be extradited to the U.S. for her alleged ties to the Mexican Sinaloa cartel. According to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 13, 2012 | News
Colombia dropped five places and has become the world’s 15th least peaceful country, according to the Global Peace Index (GPI). Latin America Peace Index Chile Uruguay Costa Rica Argentina Panama Guyana Cuba Paraguay Peru...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 13, 2012 | News
Colombia’s congress on Tuesday approved the subsidized construction of 100,000 houses for some of the country’s poorest citizens. The free houses are planned to be ready in July next year and are meant to diminish...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 13, 2012 | News
Four former soldiers have been convicted for the 2005 massacre of five adults and three children in the northern Colombian peace community of San Jose de Apartado, local media reported Tuesday. The regional court partially...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 12, 2012 | Bogota
Bogota is the fifth most popular destination city in Latin America and the Caribbean, a study by global credit card company Mastercard showed Tuesday. Latin America’s most popular travel destinations Sao Paulo Mexico City...
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