‘La Niña’ is over: Santos
Weather phenomenon “La Niña,” blamed for the torrential rains that killed hundreds and affected millions in Colombia since last year, has ended, the country’s President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday....
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Juanes denies depression and years-long career break
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | May 29, 2011 | Culture
Colombian singer Juanes has denied he is depressed and will not be performing for years, Spanish press agency EFE reports. Instead of withdrawing from his music career, the singer will take a month off to spend time with his...
Read MoreNorth Colombia bus crash kills 13, injures 6
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | May 27, 2011 | News
At least 13 people were killed and another six injured in a bus crash in the north-Colombian department of Cesar. A police spokesman of the department’s police department told several media that the accident ocurred around...
Read MoreInspector General appeals Supreme Court’s dismissal of ‘FARC-files’
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | May 27, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Inspector General Thursday appealed a recent decision of the Supreme Court to dismiss evidence allegedly found on computers of slain FARC leader “Raul Reyes” and re-open the trial against socialist...
Read MoreAuthorities arrest 3rd criminal bird in a year
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | May 26, 2011 | Lite
For the third time in one year, Colombian authorities arrest a bird that is involved in criminal activities. Police in the north-Colombian town of Aguachica, Cesar, arrested a pigeon that allegedly was trying to smuggle a...
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