Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 29, 2013 | From the editor
The Colombian government is set to announce international tourism grew in 2012. Before you start celebrating, the real growth is way lower than Latin America as a whole, meaning Colombia is losing ground to its competitors....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 28, 2013 | Lite
Colombian singer Shakira has been released from the Spanish hospital where she gave birth to her first son last week, the clinic said on Sunday. Shakira, her boyfriend Gerard Pique, and their newly-born baby boy Milan, were...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 28, 2013 | News
Police said Sunday they have seized some 300kg of cocaine in a home in the northern Colombian port city of Cartagena. According to a press release, policemen found the stash in 12 suitcases that were standing in an apartment in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 27, 2013 | News
Colombia’s police said Saturday that guerrilla group FARC has kidnapped two policemen in the southwestern Valle del Cauca department. The alleged kidnapping took place on Friday, the same day President Juan Manuel Santos...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 26, 2013 | News
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday announced to send police reinforcements to the Valle del Cauca department where — contrary to the national trend — violence indicators have gone up due to tensions...
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