Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 29, 2012 | News
FARC guerrillas released two civilian helicopter pilots they were holding hostage to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross Sunday. The pilots, who were kidnapped July 10, were taken to the city of Popayan, 650...
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Colombia’s Vice President Angelino Garzon made his first public appearance Sunday, weeks after suffering a stroke. Angelino Garzon news archive Garzon surprisingly appeared Sunday morning at mass in Bogota’s San...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 29, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s middle class has grown from 15% of the population in 2002 to 28% in 2011, a study by Bogota’s Andes University showed. The study “Social Mobility in Colombia” estimated that the middle class...
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The urban approval rating of President Juan Manuel Santos has dropped to 47% and is now one percentage point lower than his disapproval rating, Colombian media reported Sunday based on a poll. According to weekly Semana and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 28, 2012 | zSports
When Rigoberto Uran escaped from the leading group during the Olympic men’s cycling road race, he was “thinking of gold.” However, the Colombian lost the sprint to Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan, because...
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