Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 28, 2011 | News
Hundreds of residents from Bogota slums refuse to be relocated despite authorities’ warnings that the coming rainy season could cause deadly landslides. The approximately 100 families concerned, who live in high-risk areas...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 28, 2011 | News
At least two people died and another ten were injured in a traffic accident in Colombian capital Bogota Sunday. According to local media, two buses crashed on the junction of Calle 13 and Carrera 65, in the city center. Several...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 27, 2011 | News
One five-year-old child was killed and three were seriously injured in an accident in Medellin’s municipal amusement park, Parque Norte Saturday. According to witness reports, one of the attractions “went...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 27, 2011 | News
The FARC is increasingly executing members that try deserting the rebel group, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday based on alleged documents found on the computer of the rebels’ slain military leader...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 25, 2011 | News
The Bogota comptroller and a House representative from the capital are barred from holding public office for 20 and 15 years respectively for fraudulently granting public contracts. The double sentence is the first in what is...
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