Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Despite recent hospitalization for respiratory problems, Joe Arroyo — one of Colombia’s greatest salsa performers ever — will be performing in Bogota on Saturday. The 55-year old Arroyo, considered the...
Read MorePosted 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...
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