Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 20, 2011 | News
Four passengers of a Bogota taxi were attacked by six taxi drivers for being 500 pesos (27 cents) short to pay for their ride. The incident took place on Wednesday evening in the poor south of the Colombian capital. According to...
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For the second time this year, worshippers in the Huila department have discovered what they say is the appearance of the Holy Virgin. According to local newspaper Diario del Huila, a depiction of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 20, 2011 | News
Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe told politicial supporters Wednesday he will not run for Bogota mayor later this year. According to newspaper El Tiempo, the former president met with members of Congress, former...
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Colombia’s government extended an alert to 13 of the country’s 32 department over the violence committed by drug gangs and groups formed from the ashes of the now-defunct paramilitary AUC. The departments on alert...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 19, 2011 | News
Colombian police Wednesday claimed they seized 7.5 tons of marijuana belonging to the country’s largest rebel group FARC. According to the police, the major drugs haul took place in the central Meta department. The drugs,...
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