Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 4, 2012 | News
A Colombian judge on Monday sentenced a former army general to 13 years in prison for his involvement in drug trafficking. According to the judge, the former commander of the 17th Brigade and the army’s intelligence unit,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 3, 2012 | Bogota
Graffiti has traditionally served as a mode of expression against the establishment and as a way for artists to communicate with a wide audience, but Bogota is exploding internationally as here graffiti is not illegal and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 1, 2012 | News
Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega on Saturday ruled out taking of military action against Colombia after meeting with his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos to discuss a recent world court ruling granting Nicaragua...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 29, 2012 | News
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday his country refuses to abide by a ruling by the International Court of Justice granting 30,000 square miles of maritime territory to Nicaragua “until the rights of all...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 29, 2012 | Economy
Canadian oil company Pacific Rubiales is threatening to fire Colombian workers who join labor unions, a local NGO said Wednesday. In an interview with radio station W, a spokesman of the NGO Proyecto Gramalote said the Canadians...
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