Posted by Esteban Refshauge | Nov 14, 2012 | Lite
For travellers uninterested in Medellin’s cocaine and gambling scenes, Son del Tropico’s “cazuela de frijoles” may prove to be the most addictive thing in Colombia’s second city. Wandering through Medellin’s bustling...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Nov 14, 2012 | News
A landslide in southwest Colombia on Tuesday left four miners dead and another two injured, reported local media. Heavy rains in the southwest municipality of Buenaventura on Tuesday caused a landslide and the collapse of a...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Nov 14, 2012 | Lite
The child of Colombian singer Shakira will be born in Catalonia, according to the soon-to-be soccer star father Gerard Pique. “My son will be born in Catalonia, I’m sure he will be Catalan from birth. Shakira is fine and is six...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Nov 14, 2012 | News
The recently captured Daniel “El Loco” Barrera, one of Colombia’s most notorious drug lords, has been extradited from Venezuela, according to newswire EFE. Venezuelan authorities on Wednesday handed Barrera over to the...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Nov 14, 2012 | War and peace
President Juan Manuel Santos said Wednesday that any peace talks with Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), must be discreet. “The worst thing you can do is begin to answer or talk...
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