Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 1, 2011 | News
A former governor of the northern Colombian department of Santander was barred from holding public office for 20 years on Monday after the inspector general ruled that the politician had ties to paramilitary death squads....
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Colombian Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera arrived in Miami Monday on an official visit. Before meeting his U.S. counterpart Robert Gates in Washington D.C. on Wednesday, Rivera will visit Miami and Fort Worth. In Miami, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 31, 2011 | Culture
Colombian movie “All Your Dead Ones” won an award at the Sundance Film Festival. The movie, directed by Carlos Moreno, won the award in the World Cinema Cinematography: Dramatic category. While receiving the award,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 31, 2011 | Culture
The sixth edition of Cartagena’s Hay literature and arts festival drew 33,000 visitors, the organization told Spanish news agency EFE. The four-day festival starred internationally acclaimed artists like Philip Glass,...
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A graphic video uploaded to website YouTube on Sunday shows Colombian policemen torturing a dog. According to the person who uploaded the video, the film was shared on social media website Facebook before being uploaded to...
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