Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 23, 2013 | Lite
Colombia’s most famous pop star Shakira gave birth to her first child Tuesday. The newly-born son of the 35-year-old singer and her boyfriend, Spanish soccer player Gerard Pique, has been named Milan, the singer announced...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 20, 2013 | War and peace
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC on Sunday announced the immediate end of a two-month unilateral truce and renewed its call for a bilateral truce to hold peace talks with the government “in a tranquil...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 19, 2013 | News
An incursion of neo-paramilitary group “Los Urabeños” in a town in the north of Colombia Saturday has left at least seven people dead while another four have been reported missing, local authorities said Saturday....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 19, 2013 | War and peace
Colombia’s armed forces are prepared to confront a possible surge in rebel violence when on Sunday the unilateral truce of guerrilla group FARC comes to and end, the country’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, said...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 19, 2013 | News
Colombia’s culture minister on Saturday inaugurated Barranquilla’s pre-carnival, a series of festivities preceding the city’s carnival that will kick off on February 9. Minister Mariana Garces officially opened...
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