Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 15, 2011 | News
The United States government wants to make severe cuts to Plan Colombia, the State Department’s budget proposals for 2012 show. The State Department wants Congress to approve $400 million for the U.S.-Colombian joint...
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Criminal groups that emerged from the AUC and drug cartels have increasing control over Colombia’s cities and countryside and threaten to influence October’s local elections, the country’s Interior and Justice...
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Months after her semi-nude photo shoot, Playboy has still not paid Carolina Betancourt, the actress says, accusing the renowned magazine of swindling her. “I did my part of the contract, of my things, and it does not seem...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 14, 2011 | Lite
Vallenato hero Diomedes Diaz announced he will get married this year. In an interview with enlatino.com, one of the most respected of vallenato performers said he will marry Bogota native Luz Consuelo Martinez Salazar with whom...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 14, 2011 | News
The United States government asked a Washington judge for more time to decide whether to grant political immunity to Colombia’s ex-president Alvaro Uribe. Colombia has asked the U.S. to grant political immunity to its...
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