Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 27, 2011 | Culture
Organizers for the Latin Grammys, the top honors for Latin music, on Monday named Colombian superstar Shakira as their person of the year to be feted at the group’s annual awards show in November. Shakira, who was...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 27, 2011 | News
Colombia supports a proposal by the U.S., the U.N., the European Union and Russia to renew peace talks between Israel and Palestinians President Juan Manuel Santos said Monday. “We recognize the Palestinians’ right...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 26, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Armed Forces will send more than 2,000 Navy troops to the Pacific coast on the southwest of the country after an unidentified armed group massacred seven people and kidnapped a local politician in the port town...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 26, 2011 | News
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has agreed to visit Colombia next year, the country’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin briefly met Clinton in New York City to discuss...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 26, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s top coal exporter Cerrejon LLC has produced about 23 million metric tons through mid-September and is sticking to its full-year output goal of 32 million metric tons despite recent heavy rains, company president...
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