Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 3, 2012 | News
A court in Caldas on Tuesday nullified last year’s election of the central Colombian department’s governor. The elections were nullified after the court found that the winner, current Governor Guido Echeverri, had...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 2, 2012 | News
Colombian authorities on Monday claimed to have arrested one of the top commanders of the “Rastrojos” drug trafficking organization. Police arrested Edison Antonio Pelaez, alias “Mincho,” who according to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 2, 2012 | News
Authorities in the central Colombian city of Manizales on Monday warned the Nevado del Ruiz volcano may erupt again soon. According to the Manizales Vulcan and Seismological Observatory, the volcano that erupted on Saturday...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 2, 2012 | News
The recent impeachment of Paraguay’s ex-president was “irregular” but no coup, said Colombia’s foreign minister Sunday. In an interview with newspaper El Tiempo, Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin said...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 2, 2012 | Lite
Thousands celebrated Gay Pride in Colombia’s major cities Sunday. The biggest march was held in Bogota where an estimated 3,000 members and friends of the capital’s LGBT community walked from the National Park to the...
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