Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 20, 2011 | News
An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale caused panic the south-west of Colombia Sunday, but left no damage or injuries. The earthquake occurred at 8:30 AM was felt in Cali and several towns in the departments of Valle...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 20, 2011 | News
An airplane flying from Medellin to Monteria was forced to make an emergency landing Sunday after one of the engines shut down. According to several media, the incident happened 20 minutes after the Aires airplane had taken off...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 20, 2011 | News
Authorities have raised the number of fatal victims of a bus accident in the central Colombian Cundinamarca department to 21, newspaper El Tiempo reported Sunday. According to the police, the brakes of a bus stopped working and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 20, 2011 | News
At least 15 people were killed and another 16 were injured in a bus accident on the road from the capital Bogota to the more southern Villavicencio, police said Saturday. Several authorities told media that a bus crashed against...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 19, 2011 | Economy
Canadian mining company Greystar said Friday it will continue to look for ways to mine for gold in the north-Colombian Santurban region, despite opposition from local authorities and environmental groups. In a statement...
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