Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 14, 2012 | News
In a rare move, some Secret Service agents sent to Colombia to help protect U.S. President Barack Obama at a regional summit have been sent home amid accusations of a sex scandal, officials and reports said on Friday....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 13, 2012 | News
The father of Medellin’s mayor and owner of local newspaper El Mundo has been put under house arrest while prosecutors investigate the senior businessman’s alleged ties to paramilitary groups. Guillermo Gaviria...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 12, 2012 | News
YouTube reactivated the account of an exiled Colombian key witness in the “parapolitics” case against the country’s former prosecutor general Thursday, three weeks after suspending the account. Parapolitics...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 11, 2012 | Lite
Locals from the northern Colombian village of Turbaco organized a massive donkeyback ride Wednesday to remind U.S. president Barack Obama of his long-outstanding invitation to visit their town. Dozens of Obama-loyal locals and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 10, 2012 | Guests
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce that Colombia is complying with the labor rights conditions that were set for a free trade agreement between Bogota to take effect. This approval will only perpetuate the...
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