Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 28, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s flagship airline Avianca said Tuesday it has ordered four of Airbus’ A330-200 Freighter aircraft, which will make it the first carrier in Latin America to fly the cargo planes. The new aircraft will...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 28, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday announced he will send more troops to the southwestern Cauca department where the FARC attacked six villages over the weekend. In a special security meeting, Santos downplayed...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 27, 2011 | Lite
A nearsighted woman claimed the Holy Virgin has appeared in an onion growing on a wooden beam near the city hall of a central Colombian town. Janeth Diaz, the secretary of the mayor in Fusagasuga, told newspaper El Colombiano...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 27, 2011 | News
Authorities in Quibdo, the capital of Choco, arrested the suspended governor of the western Colombian department on corruption charges Tuesday. Suspended Governor Jose Patrocinio Sanchez Montes de Oca is suspected of corruptly...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 27, 2011 | Guests
A Symbolic Court Against Sexual Violence in the Context of the Colombian Armed Conflict was held at the National University in Bogota on Monday. The event was hosted by Corporacion Humanas Colombia, an NGO focused on women’s...
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