Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 6, 2010 | News
Cesar Mauricio Velasquez, press secretary to former President Alvaro Uribe, was interrogated by public prosecutors about his alleged role in the wiretapping of government opponents. Velasquez, who is currently Colombia’s...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 6, 2010 | Lite
Colombian bombshell Sofia Vergara is in talks with Kmart about becoming the face of the U.S. discount department store, the New York Post reported on Monday. According to the paper, the actress and the store are discussing an $8...
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Rescue workers recovered the bodies of 17 people who were buried when a 50,000 cubic meter landslide destroyed more than 40 houses in Bello, a town just north of Medellin. There are still 128 people missing and feared dead....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 6, 2010 | News
Colombia will ask Venezuela to help fight drug trafficking in the northern region of the countries’ shared border. At a security meeting in the town of Riohacha, Colombian Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera said he will ask...
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Members of an indigenous community from the north Colombian department of Sucre threaten to kill themselves if the national government does not recognize them as a tribe. The group threatens to drink poison if Colombia’s...
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