Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 20, 2012 | News
Colombian and American universities, together with several non-governmental organizations released ten lessons they think should be learned from the 1999 – 2002 peace talks that ended unsuccessfully exactly ten years ago...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 19, 2012 | News
Police in Medellin on Saturday said they have arrested the brother and alleged second-in-command of local crime boss “Sebastian,” leader of the “Oficina de Envigado” which allegedly controls the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 19, 2012 | Tourism
The Colombian government threatens to intervene if a labor dispute with the country’s air-traffic controllers that is causing massive delays and cancellation of flights is not solved before the end of the month. The...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 19, 2012 | Caribbean
Local newspaper El Heraldo en reggaeton act Dragon y Caballero both made videos of what the first day of Barranquilla’s carnival was like. The newspaper did so from the audience’s perspective, the reggaetoneros did...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 19, 2012 | Caribbean
The Barranquilla carnival, one of Colombia’s most important cultural events, kicked off Saturday with the extravagant Battle of the Flowers. Apart from local carnival groups, some of Colombia’s most famous actresses...
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