Posted by Adriaan Alsema | May 14, 2011 | News
For the third time in less than five weeks Medellin cops were caught on camera using excessive force against protesters. A video broadcast on national television showed how, inside one of the city’s metro stations, police...
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Rock mammoths Aerosmith will return to Colombia in November, the band announced on its website Saturday. The November 3 gig in Bogota’s Parque Simon Bolivar will be part of a Latin American tour starting October 22 in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 14, 2011 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday that if Colombia wasn’t facing an armed conflict he, former President Alvaro Uribe and the military top would all be going to jail. Santos’ remark is the latest in a number...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 14, 2011 | Lite
Former model and beauty queen Yovanna Guzman wrote a book about her relationship with one of Colombia’s biggest drug lords ever, Norte del Valle cartel capo and alleged godfather of drug gang Los Rastrojos Wilber Varela,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 14, 2011 | News
Flooding of the Bogota river is again causing emergency situations north of the capital, local aid agencies said Friday. The chairman of the Cundinamarca department’s Disaster Attention and Prevention agency said the...
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