Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 4, 2012 | News
Four soldiers have died after one stepped on an anti-personnel mine in a minefield in the central Colombian Tolima department, the army announced Tuesday. The incident took place between Chaparral and Rioblanco, two...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 3, 2012 | News
Colombia’s government said Tuesday it will propose new legislation on gun control after newly inaugurated Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro revived the discussion on banning the carrying of weapons to reduce urban crime....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 3, 2012 | Lite
Colombian model Melissa Giraldo has been sacked as host of the most important part of Colombian television network Caracol’s news program, the entertainment section. According to gossip website La Fiscalia, Giraldo will no...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 3, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Prosecutor General on Tuesday fiercely criticized the recent inauguration of two mayors from the north of Colombia who are in jail on murder and parapolitics charges. During a speech in Bogota, Prosecutor...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 3, 2012 | News
Two mayors from towns in the north of Colombia have been sworn into office despite being in jail on murder and parapolitics charges. Both mayors are from the troubled Cordoba department and were sworn in Friday and Saturday...
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