Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 18, 2011 | News
Two special congress commissions on Monday approved the state of emergency declared by President Juan Manuel Santos in early December to deal with 2010’s catastrophic rainy season. According to the president of the House...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2011 | Lite
Padre Chucho, the Catholic priest that advised Colombian housewives on exorcism, cheating and other pressing moral issues, has apparently been taken off the air by television network RCN. “Cura para el alma” (Cure...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2011 | News
The FARC plan a new attack on the south Colombian town San Vicente del Caguan where police were able to counter a guerrilla attack earlier this month, the army said Monday. In an interview with Noticias Uno, General Juan Carlos...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2011 | News
Neo-paramilitary groups active in the north Colombian department of Cordoba are willing to demobilize, the Catholic Church said Sunday. According to Monteria bishop Julio Cesar Vidal, a number of the drug traffickers that are...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2011 | News
A Bogota man deliberately set his own home on fire while celebrating his birthday, local media reported Monday. According to newspaper El Espectador, four people had to be taken to hospital for smoke inhalation and police had to...
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