Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 10, 2010 | News
Assassins on Thursday murdered four adolescents in the north-east of Medellin, Caracol Radio reports. According to the radio station’s website, suspected members of a gang from the Castilla neighborhood first murdered one...
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Coca production in Colombia went down 3.7% in 2009, according to a report by the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy released to several media on Thursday. Colombia’s capacity to grow coca fell to 270 metric tons....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 9, 2010 | Culture
The makers of “Burn Notice” will begin shooting the movie prequel to the action TV series in Colombian capital Bogota in January. The movie will star the series’ main actor Bruce Campbell as Sam Axe as a navy...
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Jose Obdulio Gavira, personal advisor to former President Alvaro Uribe, on Thursday responded furiously to leaked diplomatic cables which allege that Colombia’s police chief suspected him of ordering the illegal...
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos authorized former Senator Piedad Cordoba to take part in the release of five hostages the FARC has promised to free. In a press release published on the president’s website, the...
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