Juanes promotes new album with Walmart
Juanes performed at Walmart Soundcheck to promote his upcoming album P.A.R.C.E. On the retailer’s website, the Colombian rocker performs “Y no regresas,” “Yerbatero,” “Me enamora,”...
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Colombia proposes female UNASUR secretary general
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 3, 2010 | News
Colombia will propose former Foreign Minister Maria Emma Mejia to succeed the deceased Nestor Kirchner as secretary general of UNASUR, W Radio reported Friday. According to the radio station, President Juan Manuel Santos will...
Read MoreArizona police rescue Colombian child from drop house
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 3, 2010 | News
Arizona police on Thursday rescued 11 children, among them at least one Colombian child, who had been smuggled into the United States and held captive in a drop house. The children – the youngest no more than two years old...
Read MoreMining deaths in Colombia triple in 2010
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 3, 2010 | News
The number of miners killed at work in 2010 tripled compared to the year before, the country’s mining authority announced on Thursday. According to government mining agency Geominas, 155 miners died so far this year, while...
Read MoreColombia sends aid to Venezuela flood victims
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 3, 2010 | News
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Thursday thanked Colombia for sending aid for victims of heavy rains that killed 31 people in the Caribbean coast of the socialist country. Chavez expressed his gratitude that Colombia had...
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