Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 1, 2012 | Culture
Black Eyes Peas singer Will.i.am announced Tuesday that Colombian singer Shakira will be singing on his upcoming album. Speaking to radio station Capital, the singer said that Shakira will be part of an all-star line-up taking...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 1, 2012 | Economy
Colombia national oil company Ecopetrol said Tuesday its proven net reserves at the end of last year were 1.86 billion barrels of oil equivalent, an 8.3% increase from a year earlier. Ecopetrol is the largest oil company in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 1, 2012 | News
Nineteen Bogota-stationed soldiers were put in quarantine after a mysterious infection killed a soldier of the presidential guard, newspaper El Tiempo reported Wednesday. The soldier died Saturday of a lung infection caused by...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 1, 2012 | News
Colombian rebel group FARC announced Wednesday it has indefinitely suspended the promised release of six hostages on Wednesday because “the area we chose for the release … has been unduly militarized by the Colombian...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 31, 2012 | News
Now-extradited paramilitary leader “Don Berna” told the truth about his ties to the administration of former President Alvaro Uribe, says convicted “parapolitician” Rocio Arias. The former senator was one...
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