Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 13, 2012 | News
Indigenous leaders from the southwest of Colombia suspended talks with the government about ongoing violence on their territories Sunday, demanding the presence of president Juan Manuel Santos. The leaders representing the Nasa,...
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BMX cyclist Mariana Pajon, who won Colombia’s first gold medal at the London Olympics and Colombia’s second gold medal ever, said Friday her victory “is like a dream come true.” Pajon, who had dominated...
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BMX cyclist Mariana Pajon won Colombia’s first gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London Friday, securing her country’s seventh medal in what already had become Colombia’s most successful Olympics ever. The...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 9, 2012 | zSports
Colombian wrestler Jackeline Renteria on Thursday won bronze in the Women’s 55kg Freestyle category, adding a sixth medal to her country’s prize cabinet. Renteria obtained the medal after beating Tetyana Lazareva...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 9, 2012 | News
Medellin police said Thursday they have arrested another top figure of local crime syndicate “Oficina de Envigado.” The arrest of “Fredy Colas” and seven suspected lower-ranking members of the crime...
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