Posted 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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 12, 2011 | News
Colombia’s security forces on Sunday arrested a FARC commander who has been sentenced for the 1996 killing of a senator and is accused of taking part in the kidnapping of French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt. The...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 12, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos and Japan’s Primer Minister Yoshihiko Noda signed an investment protection agreement Monday. According to Santos, who is in Japan to improve economic ties with one of...
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