Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 6, 2011 | News
A group of armed men kidnapped and killed four people in the northern Colombian department of Cordoba, police said Wednesday. According to Cartagena newspaper El Universal, the group of 15 armed men killed their first victim on...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 6, 2011 | News
Colombian prosecutors have accused a man in connection with a car bombing that wounded nine people and damaged buildings in Bogota last August. A statement from prosecutors says Edilson Moreno Barragan is “one of those...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 5, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ordered the immediate release of $527 million to help victims of floods that have devastated the north of Colombia. The money will be available Thursday for the departments that are hit...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 5, 2011 | Lite
Colombia will host a series of events this year to promote the country’s fashion industry. The most important trade fairs will be held in Bogota, Medellin, Cali, Barranquilla and Cartagena and offer importers the chance to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 5, 2011 | News
U.S. Senator John McCain will visit Colombia for the first time after he lost the 2008 presidential elections to Barack Obama, reports newspaper El Tiempo. According to the newspaper, Senators McCain (R-Az) and John Barrasso...
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