Posted 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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 6, 2011 | Economy
U.S. newspaper The Washington Post called on the White House and Republicans to break the deadlock that is blocking a long-delayed free trade agreement with Colombia. In Sunday’s editorial, the newspaper warns that...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 6, 2011 | Caribbean
French television station TF1 aired a travel documentary on Colombia with a special focus on the country’s Caribbean region. If you don’t speak French, just enjoy the beautiful sceneries.
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