Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 1, 2012 | Lite
“The Cathedral,” Pablo Escobar’s former luxury jail, will be turned into an elderly home, Spanish press agency EFE reported Tuesday. What used to be Colombia’s most luxurious prison — it was often...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 31, 2012 | News
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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 31, 2012 | zSports
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...
Read MorePosted 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...
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