Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 31, 2012 | News
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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 30, 2012 | zSports
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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 30, 2012 | Lite
The director of the Colombian branch of Miss World was arrested on embezzlement charges Monday. Following an arrest warrant issued last week, Miss World director Edgar Botero surrendered to authorities in the capital Bogota. The...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 30, 2012 | Bogota
To increase tourism in Bogota, Colombia’s capital city should not just focus on improved policing, but also pay attention to making the city more attractive to the eye, a U.S. tourism expert tells newspaper El Tiempo. In...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 30, 2012 | News
The two helicopter pilots who were released Sunday, 19 days after being taken hostage by the FARC, said they hoped for an end to all kidnapping in Colombia. In an interview with Venezuelan television network Telesur, Alejando de...
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