Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 13, 2011 | News
Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe lashed out at the government of Juan Manuel Santos, saying Santos is dismantling Uribe’s security policy and is trying to pass him off as corrupt. In an interview published in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 13, 2011 | News
The mayor and priest of the central-Colombian town of Toca was caught driving drunk at a police check near his town. To make things worse, police accused the mayor of behaving aggressively towards the traffic cops. Mayor Luis...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 13, 2011 | zSports
Bogota team La Equidad took the lead in the Colombian soccer league final Sunday by beating Atletico Nacional 2-1 in the first leg of the final. It took the home team hard work after Nacional striker German Caffa scored the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 12, 2011 | Culture
One of Colombia’s most respected composers of the folkloric cumbia, Marco Rayo, died Sunday in Bogota. The musician was 93. Rayo was most famous for his songs “Cartagena de Indias” and “A mi...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 12, 2011 | Lite
Colombia’s coastal hotspot Cartagena elected its representative for the 2011 Miss Colombia beauty pageant held in the city in November. Meet Laura Marcela Cantillo Torres. The beauty from Colombia’s most touristy...
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