Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 5, 2011 | Tourism
A year after purchasing Colombia’s Aires airline, Chilean flagship carrier LAN Airlines SA launched its namesake brand in that South American nation. LAN has domestic operations in Chile, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 5, 2011 | Medellin
Medellin on Saturday officially turned on its renowned Christmas decorations, one of the city’s main tourist attractions of the year. City officials have been preparing the official inauguration for months. A total of 16...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 4, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says his government will step up cooperation with civilian organizations to counter the ongoing murdering and threatening of leaders of displaced farmers claiming lands that were stolen by...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 4, 2011 | News
Six policemen and four civilians were injured in an explosives attack on a police patrol in the central Colombian city of Neiva Saturday. According to media reports, the explosives were detonated at the moment a police patrol...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 4, 2011 | News
The FARC assured the newly-founded Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) that Colombia’s largest rebel group is willing to hold peace talks; a message rejected by President Juan Manuel Santos who said...
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