Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 7, 2012 | News
Sixty Medellin musicians are trying to return to their city after the recent murder of a rapper and subsequent death threats forced them to flee. The members of the groups Son Bata and La Elite fled the district of Comuna 13 in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 7, 2012 | Guests
Facing information about a supposed massive displacement of youth from the Comuna 13 last week that was made public in the media, social, community and human rights organizations, together with artistic and cultural youth groups...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 6, 2012 | News
U.S President Barack Obama is reelected in mock elections held in the northern Colombian town of Turbaco where hundreds of locals turned out to cast their vote. According to newspaper El Tiempo’s early estimates, at least...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 6, 2012 | Lite
A village in northern Colombia is holding its own version of the U.S. presidential election, four years after Barack Obama swept the unauthorized election with a staggering 94.8% of the votes. According to newspaper El Tiempo,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 6, 2012 | Guests
A likely marijuana legalization victory in Washington and Colorado in November will transform the global drug policy debate. After declaring in 1971 “We must wage total war against public enemy number one in the United States,...
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