Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 13, 2012 | News
Colombia’s congress on Tuesday approved the subsidized construction of 100,000 houses for some of the country’s poorest citizens. The free houses are planned to be ready in July next year and are meant to diminish...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 13, 2012 | News
Four former soldiers have been convicted for the 2005 massacre of five adults and three children in the northern Colombian peace community of San Jose de Apartado, local media reported Tuesday. The regional court partially...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 12, 2012 | Bogota
Bogota is the fifth most popular destination city in Latin America and the Caribbean, a study by global credit card company Mastercard showed Tuesday. Latin America’s most popular travel destinations Sao Paulo Mexico City...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 12, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced Tuesday it will order some 40 politicians from the northwest of the country to respond to accusations that they had ties to the local paramilitary death squad. The...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 10, 2012 | Central Colombia
After an absence of two years, locals from a village in central Colombia were finally able to hold their massive tomato battle, known as “Tomatina” Sunday. Some 20,000 people showed up for the sixth edition of the...
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