Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 6, 2011 | Lite
A Bogota garbageman found a grenade launcher while picking up the trash in the south of the capital early Wednesday morning. The weapon was found in the Altos de la Florida neighborhood, close to Bogota’s largest prison,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 6, 2011 | News
Colombia will extradite alleged drug lord Walid Makled to Venezuela and not to the United States, which had also requested the Venezuelan’s extradition, President Santos announces. In an interview with news network...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 6, 2011 | Economy
The governments of Colombia and the United States are expected to announce a deal on a free trade pact between the two countries on Wednesday, news agency Associated Press reported Tuesday. According to AP, three people close to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 5, 2011 | From the editor
There have been several attempts over the past few years to provide websites with only good news on Colombia. All have failed, because no-one believes or reads a website that is actively trying to hide the (sometimes ugly)...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 4, 2011 | News
Colombian authorities released a promotion video of the FARC that reportedly was seized at a rebel camp in the southwest of the country little over a week ago. According to Canal Caracol, the television station that was given...
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