Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 4, 2011 | News
A hoax flood warning in the central Colombian city of Villavicencio caused widespread panic among residents late Friday. Thirty were injured in the chaos. The hoax was started by an unidentified Blackberry user who spread the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 3, 2011 | News
The Air Force of Colombia celebrated its anniversary in Bogota Friday. The ceremony on the capital’s Catam military airport was attended by President Juan Manuel Santos and the Military High Command. Colombia’s Air...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 1, 2011 | News
World soccer federation FIFA nominated Colombian striker Radamel Falcao Garcia for its fictional dream team Thursday. Falcao is the only Colombian of 55 renowned players who were shortlisteded for the FIFA FIFPro World XI 2011....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 1, 2011 | News
Colombia scored 3.4 out of 10 in the 2011 Corruption Perception Index (CPI), slightly worse than the previous year’s score, making it the world’s 80th least corrupt country. Latin America’s corruption index...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 30, 2011 | News
A judge in Colombia has dissolved the marriage of Ingrid Betancourt, the former presidential candidate rescued in 2008 from leftist rebels who held her hostage for more than six years. Betancourt filed for divorce after her...
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