Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 4, 2011 | News
A mayoral candidate from the south-Colombian municipality of Puerto Asis has briefly been held by an armed group, reported Caracol Radio Saturday. According to the radio station, the Conservative Party candidate Jorge Coral...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 4, 2011 | zSports
Teofilo Gutierrez scored two goals to power Colombia over Honduras 2-0 in an international soccer friendly between Latin American rivals. Gutierrez on Saturday scored on a penalty kick in the 24th minute after he was pulled down...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 3, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC is attempting to extort the Colombian offices of multinational companies like Microsoft, Nike and Toyota, and oil companies, President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday. According to the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 3, 2011 | News
United States prosecutors have indicted 56 Colombians who are accused of drug trafficking, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced Friday. According to U.S. Attorney Wilfredo Ferrer, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 3, 2011 | News
A Colombian soldier who had been released from FARC captivity in 2009 was stabbed to death in Bogota Friday. Soldier William Dominguez Castro was killed in a bar fight in the Bachue neighborhood in the northwest of the capital...
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