Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 28, 2010 | Lite
Semi-exhibitionist sportsmen in the southern Colombian town of Neiva are preparing for the tenth edition of the “Marathon in Underwear” held annually on December 31st. According to local newspaper La Nacion, the...
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Colombia received more than $620 million in foreign aid in 2010, the country’s government aid agency announced Monday. Colombia’s main sponsors United States European Union Germany Inter-American Development Bank...
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Venezuelan authorities arrested a commander of guerrilla group ELN, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Monday. According to Santos, Venezuelan authorities had arrested Nilson Teran Ferreira, alias “Tulio”...
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Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin will represent Colombia at the funeral of former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, who died in Miami Saturday. President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday reiterated his grief about the...
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Colombian employers and labor unions were not able to reach an agreement on the height of the country’s minimum wage. The government will now have to decide how much minimum wage will go up. It took the employers and union...
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