Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 4, 2012 | News
The governor of the north Colombia Cordoba department named interim mayors for two towns whose elected mayors are in jail. The two interim mayors were appointed while the Liberal Party and the U Party, who had endorsed the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 4, 2012 | News
400 Colombian mayors who left office Sunday are investigated because they failed to report what they did with funds sent to their municipalities for victims of last year’s destructive rainy season. The disciplinary and...
Read MorePosted 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...
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