Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 7, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday that the country’s entire military command has been replaced amid growing concerns about increased violence by illegal armed groups. Earlier in the day, Santos...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 6, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s exports rose 55% in July versus the same month a year earlier, pushed up by the sale of oil and crude products, the government’s statistics agency said on Tuesday. One of several emerging-market countries...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 6, 2011 | News
Police in the north of Colombia arrested 19 accused of illegal gold mining on Tuesday. According to a press release issued by the National Police, the authorities located ten different sites in the northern Magdalena department...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 6, 2011 | News
Ten years on and health problems stemming from the 9/11 attacks in New York are giving cause for serious concern amongst those who were caught up in the terrorist outrage. One survivor who moved to Colombia after the terrorist...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 5, 2011 | News
Two Colombian men fell victim to love on Monday: One was killed for flirting with the wrong woman, another had his ear bitten off by his ex-lover. According to newspaper El Espectador, a 50-year old man from Barranquilla was...
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