Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 10, 2011 | News
At least 312 Colombians have been killed in floods and landslides during the devastatingly long rainy season that started in March last year. According to the local branch of the Red Cross, 2.2 million Colombians are victims of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 10, 2011 | Economy
Former employees of Colombian airliner AeroCondor threaten to kill themselves if they don’t get paid their pensions, 20 years after the airliner’s bankruptcy, a local newspaper reported Sunday. According to newspaper...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 10, 2011 | Lite
Sofinel Baez Santos from the Dominican Republic was elected Coffee Queen 2011. The 20-year old beauty was crowned Sunday at the final evening of the Manizales festival. Baez Santos will be the official representative of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 10, 2011 | News
Colombia will monitor funds allocated for aid to flood victims “through a magnifying glass” amid fears that local officials may use aid funds to rally political support for the upcoming local and departmental...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 9, 2011 | Cali
Leading U.S. newspaper The New York Times tipped the Colombian city of Cali as one of the best travel destinations of 2011. According to the NYT, “Cali has always felt like the grittier stepsister of Medellin, but tucked...
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