Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 7, 2011 | Lite
Candidates for Miss Cartagena presented themselves to the public this week, showing the nation that the walled city is a serious competitor in November’s Miss Colombia election. Seven of the city’s most beautiful...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 7, 2011 | zSports
Colombian tennis player Alejandro Falla has been handed a wild card for Wimbledon. Falla almost had one of the biggest upsets of the tournament last year when he took the opening two sets against defending champion Roger Federer...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 7, 2011 | Culture
Colombian dance sensation Bomba Estereo gave men’s magazine Don Juan the ten most-played songs on their iPod. Here’s links to the songs, so you can hear what the Bogota-based band is tuned into. Everybody Loves the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 7, 2011 | News
The FARC are turning to the use of urban militias as a new strategy in the guerrilla groups’s 47-year old armed fight against the Colombian state, armed forces commander Admiral Edgar Cely said Monday. “The new...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 7, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos called Ollanta Humala Monday to congratulate the Peruvian president-elect with his victory in Sunday’s presidential elections. According to a presidential press statement, Santos...
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