Juanes releases latest album, P.A.R.C.E.
Colombian singer Juanes on Tuesday released his latest album “P.A.R.C.E.” The album is the Colombian’s fifth solo album and the first since his 2007 “La Vida … Es un Ratico.”...
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Medellin landslide: 30 bodies recovered, 94 people missing
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 7, 2010 | News
Rescue workers in Bello, Antioquia, have so far recovered 30 bodies from the site where a landslide buried 35 houses on Sunday, while 94 people are still missing and feared dead. Ever since the tragedy hit the town that borders...
Read MoreAnti-mafia prosecutor’s sister in bed with drug trafficker
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 7, 2010 | News
The sister of the director of the Prosecutor General’s Office anti-organized crime unit was arrested for her involvement in one of Colombia’s main drug trafficking organizations. According to newspaper El Tiempo,...
Read MoreOrtega made deal with Pablo Escobar: WikiLeaks
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 7, 2010 | News
Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega in 1984 helped Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar in exchange for money, according to a leaked diplomatic cable from the U.S. embassy in Manuagua, released by WikiLeaks. In a message sent to the...
Read MoreFormer Uribe aide ‘here to tell the truth’
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 7, 2010 | News
Former Press Secretary Cesar Mauricio Velasquez on Monday said he had come “to tell the truth” after being interrogated for his alleged role in the illegal wiretapping of government opponents. Velasquez, current...
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