Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 31, 2012 | Disinformation
Colombia’s homicide rate will drop below zero in 2014, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said after presenting extremely promising mid-term crime statistics. The president discarded increasing pessimism among...
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An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale hit the west of Colombia Monday. According to Colombia’s geologists, the earthquake’s epicenter was in the municipality of La Victoria, Valle del Cauca. The earthquake...
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FIFA on Monday imposed a two-match ban on Colombia player Lady Andrade after U.S. forward Abby Wambach said she was “sucker-punched” by her opponent in an Olympic soccer match. FIFA says its disciplinary committee...
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President Juan Manuel Santos admitted Monday that Colombians’ perception of security has gone down, but insisted that the security forces are increasingly effective in fighting rebel and neo-paramilitary groups. According...
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Weightlifter Oscar Figueroa won Colombia’s second silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics Monday. Figueroa became second after North Korea’s Kim Un Guk, who set a world record lifitng a total of 327kg in the...
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