Posted by Sarah Cast | Jul 7, 2011 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos and the National Conference on Human Rights will meet Thursday to discuss the protection of human rights activists, reported El Espectador. “Signatories to the Human Rights National Conference...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Jul 7, 2011 | News
Two patients have died and seven remain hospitalized due to an outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus in the northern Colombian department of Cesar, announced El Heraldo Thursday. The public health coordinator for Cesar recorded five...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Jul 6, 2011 | News
A 13.2 ton drug bust the Cartagena police announced in May turned out to actually be only 35.3 pounds. The single container of panela (a substance similar to brown sugar) traced to a cargo port in Cartagena on May 23 did not...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Jul 6, 2011 | Lite
Anyone expecting fun in the sun at Colombia’s “Summer 40 in San Andres” festival over the July 4th weekend was disappointed with poor sound quality and angry musicians, revealed gossip site Sweet.com. The...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Jul 6, 2011 | News
An official military report has been released that catalogues the kills, arrests, and weapon seizures achieved by the army so far this year, newspaper El Espectador reported Wednesday. In their military offensive against the...
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