Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 4, 2011 | News
Authorities in the northern Colombian department of Santander ordered the evacuation of 15,000 residents Thursday after mudslides killed at least three. The decision was made amid fears that a double mudslide that hit the...
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Eight people were injured in a series of earthquakes that hit the north of Colombia on Wednesday and Thursday. The earthquakes took place within a 20-hour time span in the departments of Cesar, Antioquia and Santander. The...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 3, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Supreme Court has opened a corruption investigation against the former president of the House of Representatives, local media reported Wednesday. It is the third time that Partido de la U politician Zulema...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 3, 2011 | News
Approximately ten people are missing in the northern Colombian department of Santander after the bridge they were crossing collapsed and threw the victims in the strong current of the river below. The incident took place...
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