Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 31, 2011 | News
Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe has paid a visit to his former agriculture minister who is behind bars awaiting trial for allegedly embezzling $25 million in state subsidies. According to radio station RCN, Uribe...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 31, 2011 | News
Medellin police said Sunday they have arrested a 17-year-old female suspect of at least five homicides. The same girl was arrested a week and a half before, but had apparently escaped. According to a press release, “La...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 31, 2011 | Economy
The future of a long-stalled free trade agreement with the U.S. is “very uncertain” because of the U.S. debt crisis and a growing polarization between Democrats and Republicans, said Colombia’s ambassador to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 31, 2011 | Culture
Brad Furman, director of “The Lincoln Lawyer,” is involved in negotiations to make a movie about slain Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, a U.S. magazine reported Saturday. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 31, 2011 | zSports
Colombia will play its first game in the South American qualifiers for the Brazil 2014 World Cup on October 11 and will not know until October 15, 2013 whether it has qualified, South American soccer federation Conmebol...
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