Washington Post focuses on Colombia’s cycling talents (video)
U.S. Newspaper The Washington Post focused on the training of Colombian cyclists hoping to one day take part in the Tour de France.
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Bogota bus crash leaves 25 injured
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 19, 2011 | News
A traffic accident in Colombia’s capital Bogota has left 25 persons injured, local authorities said Monday According to the capital district’s transport secretary, two buses crashed in the Kennedy neighborhood,...
Read More‘FARC’ kill 4, injure 21 within 24 hours
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 18, 2011 | News
Two civilians child and two soldiers were killed and 13 civilians and eight policemen were injured in several alleged FARC attacks across Colombia on Saturday and Sunday. An 11-year old girl was killed and 13 other civilians...
Read MoreSantos warns VP not to publicly criticize poverty policies
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 18, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday warned his vice-president, who had fiercely criticized the country’s new poverty definitions, saying that officials who publicly criticize the system “should...
Read MoreColombia’s almost entire intelligence database leaked: Report
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 18, 2011 | News
Hundreds of thousands of secret intelligence reports of Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS have been leaked, reported weekly Semana Sunday. The massive leaking would seriously threaten national security and the lives of...
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