Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 10, 2011 | News
Alleged FARC guerrillas on Sunday attacked a police patrol that was looking for two men who had been kidnapped in the southwest of Colombia a few days before. The attack took place in the municipality of San Agustin in the Huila...
Read MorePosted 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...
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