Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 19, 2011 | News
Colombian authorities on Wednesday arrested a former army major who was supposedly held at an army base for the attempted murder on a leftist politician. Mayor Cesar Alonso Maldonado was supposed to be serving a 27-year prison...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 19, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s government Tuesday got rid of a years-long policy of setting minimum freight prices for the trucking industry, saying months of rains that destroyed highways and bridges caused a spike in transportation costs...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 18, 2011 | News
A rat nibbling on cables caused a blackout at the visa office of Colombia’s Foreign Ministry in the capital Bogota, sources told Caracol Radio Tuesday. According to an official press release, the visa office in Bogota...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 18, 2011 | News
Colombia’s defense minister will travel to Washington in February to meet with his U.S. counterpart Robert Gates to discuss the country’s efforts to counter drug trafficking. The official visit was announced Tuesday...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 18, 2011 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos will explain Colombia’s new anti-drug policy when meeting with Gil Kerlikowske, U.S. Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, who arrived in Colombia Monday evening. Santos and...
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