Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 8, 2011 | News
A leader of victims of forced displacement is assassinated Tuesday while traveling on a bus in Colombia’s second largest city Medellin. According to several media, community leader Ana Fabricia Cordoba was shot dead on a...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 7, 2011 | Economy
After two years of litigation, an Italian court absolved Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero of tax evasion charges. Italian authorities claimed that Botero must pay taxes on the artworks, which are all produced in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 7, 2011 | News
Javier Antonio Calle Serna, also known as “Comba,” alleged leader of the “Los Rastrojos” cartel has been charged in a New York federal court with dealing 25,000 kilograms (54,000 pounds) of cocaine and...
Read MorePosted 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...
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