Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 7, 2011 | zSports
The city of Pereira has banned vuvuzelas from U-20 World Cup games. City officials made the announcement before Ecuador was to play Costa Rica and Nigeria was to face Saudi Arabia in a double-header Saturday at Hernan Ramirez...
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Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday celebrated his first anniversary as President of the Republic of Colombia with approval ratings similar to when taking office on August 7, 2010. The President, who took office after successfully...
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At least three soldiers were killed and four were injured in combat with FARC guerrillas in the southwest of Colombia, the army reported Saturday. According to an official press statement, the soldiers died when rebels detonated...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 6, 2011 | News
The former analysis chief of Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS was sentenced to eight years and four months in jail for his role in the illegal wiretapping of government opponents, judges and journalists. A Bogota judge...
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The organizers of a failed referendum that sought the 2010 reelection of former President Alvaro Uribe will be criminally charged for financial irregularities in the process to organize the popular vote. The Prosecutor...
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