Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 15, 2010 | News
Ecuador President Rafael Correa on Wednesday arrived in the Colombian city of Cali to meet his counterpart Juan Manuel Santos and show solidarity with the victims of this year’s catastrophic rainy season, which has...
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Colombian media and public figures compare the catastrophic floods in northern Colombia with those caused by “Katrina,” the hurricane that hit the U.S. city of New Orleans in 2005. According to weekly Semana, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 15, 2010 | News
The president of Colombia’s Supreme Court announced his resignation on Tuesday. Magistrate Jaime Arrubla Paucar’s resignation comes a year after he was elected president of the court. Arrubla will be succeeded by...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 15, 2010 | Lite
A Colombian former beauty queen and model was called to trial to face drug trafficking charges, Argentine judicial sources told French press agency AFP. The 31-year-old Angie Sanclemente Valencia was told to appear before a...
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A Colombian army colonel suspected of having ordered the extrajudicial execution of four civilians is not able to appear before court, because he is in Washington on an Organization of American States (OAS) mission, the army...
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