Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 5, 2011 | News
Medellin’s police department suspended three police officers who are investigated for the mysterious death of two women. The two women disappeared on December 26 after the car they and the policemen were traveling in fell...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 5, 2011 | News
At least 48 people were injured in popular bullfights, called corralejos, held in the north Colombian town of Sampues over the past week. The corralejos are traditionally part of the town’s annual feria and consist of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 5, 2011 | Economy
Venezuela falls short $100 million to have completely paid off its debt to Colombian exporters, a Venezuelan government official said Tuesday. In an interview with Spanish press agency Efe, Manuel Barroso, head of the Venezuelan...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 4, 2011 | News
A delegation from Brazil, the country in charge of the logistics of the promised release of five FARC hostages, will arrive in Colombia next week, a member of “Colombians for Peace” said Tuesday. According to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 4, 2011 | Tourism
Colombia ranked second in a New York Times readers’ recommendation poll on global travel destinations. NYT’s most recommended locations in Colombia Cartagena Bogota Cali Villa de Leyva Over the course of 2010, the...
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