Posted 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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 30, 2011 | Economy
Thirty-five export cargoes of Colombian crude oil are scheduled to load in December, market sources who have seen a loading schedule said on Wednesday. Colombia’s Ecopetrol plans to load 14 cargoes of Castilla and seven of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 30, 2011 | Lite
Colombian journalists said Wednesday they had been assaulted by bodyguards of controversial U.S. actor Charlie Sheen, who is staying in the Caribbean city of Cartagena. According to radio station Caracol, the bodyguards pushed,...
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