Posted by Adriaan Alsema | May 13, 2011 | Culture
Dolores Salinas, one of the singers of “Las Alegres Ambulancias,” an iconic group from the Caribbean town of San Basilio de Palenque, died Thursday at 78. The iconic Palenquera was one of the most famous Bullerengue...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 13, 2011 | News
Seven of the ten people who recently were kidnapped from a holiday home in the northern Antioquia town of Sopetran have been executed, police said Thursday. Three women who were part of the group were released. According to...
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A priest and university chaplain died of seven stab wounds as thieves tried to steal his cell phone in the west of Bogota, Thursday evening, local media reported. Father Gustavo Garcia, chaplain at Minuto de Dios University, was...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 12, 2011 | News
Luis Carlos Restrepo, the peace commissioner who oversaw the demobilization of the AUC, was called to explain why he took part in fake acts of demobilization of paramilitary and guerrilla fighters. Restrepo has been asked to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | May 12, 2011 | Lite
Colombian bombshell Sofia Vergara is the new face of cosmetics brand CoverGirl. According to several U.S. media, Vergara will be first seen promoting the company’s beauty products in January 2012. “I am so honored to join...
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