Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 27, 2011 | News
The Colombian government paid FARC guerrillas hundreds of millions of dollars for the release of French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans, a Colombian documentary maker claimed Monday. According to official...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 27, 2011 | Culture
The GLBT community in several of Colombia’s main cities took to the streets on Sunday for an extravagant celebration of Gay Pride. Thousands of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual Colombians marched through the cities...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 27, 2011 | News
Medellin police said Sunday they have arrested a leader of drug trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos” who is wanted by Spain to face drug charges. According to the authorities, the 47-year old Jhon Jairo Giraldo...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 27, 2011 | News
All Bogota mayoral candidates agree the capital needs to keep working towards the installation of a metro to fight the congestion of the capital’s traffic, they said in a radio debate Sunday. Candidates Carlos Fernando...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 26, 2011 | News
At least eight people were killed and another four injured in a shooting in the southwest-Colombian department of Nariño. The incident took place in a pool hall just outside Colon, a village in the north of the department,...
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