Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 13, 2011 | Lite
Miss Colombia Catalina Robayo made it to the final 16 of the 2011 Miss Universe beauty pageant, but did not rank as one of the world’s 10 most beautiful women. Miss Angola won the competition. The Colombian beauty entered...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 12, 2011 | News
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has indicted one of Colombia’s most-wanted drug kingpins, Daniel “El Loco” Barrera, for drug trafficking, U.S. authorities announced Monday. According to a press release by the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 12, 2011 | Guests
The captain of the coastal trader on which I bought passage was steering south along the Pacific coast, in mild seas, listening to vallenato music, a pile of crushed beer cans at his feet. It was 4AM and crew and passengers were...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 12, 2011 | Lite
While bookmakers and international media are paying little attention to Miss Colombia, leading Colombian media insist that Catalina Robayo is among the favorites to be crowned Miss Universe Monday evening. The international...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 12, 2011 | News
FARC rebels have hijacked a boat with medical aid for the near-extinct Nukak indigenous tribe in the south of Colombia, placing the nomadic members of the tribe “in extreme danger,” NGO Survival International said...
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