Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 14, 2012 | Economy
Railway workers at Colombia’s main coal line voted on Monday to end a three-week strike that has paralyzed more than half of coal shipments from the world’s fourth-largest exporter, but the union called the vote...
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Members of Colombia’s security forces are under investigation for the extrajudicial execution of almost 3,000 civilians, the Prosecutor General’s Office said Monday. Until June 1, 1,882 members of the security forces...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 13, 2012 | Lite
Colombia’s Layla Martinez won the Mrs. Universe beauty pageant held in Russia Sunday. The 26-year-old beauty from the northern city of Barranquilla was elected the most beautiful of 54 married women taking part in the...
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Colombia has allocated $3.3 million to expand the monitoring of the country’s most active volcanoes, authorities announced Sunday. According to radio station Caracol, the extra funds will be invested in the volcano...
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Colombia’s Navy has killed three and captured eight FARC guerrillas held responsible for an attack on electricity towers in the west of the country that has left tens of thousands without electricity, the defense minister...
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