Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 23, 2010 | Tourism
Colombia’s ecotourism industry is making efforts to promote itself, backed by the U.N. and Accion Social, Colombia’s presidential aid agency, reports El Colombiano. Through Accion Social the U.N. has funded a number...
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A Facebook page in the name of “Alfonso Cano,” the leader of Colombian guerrilla group the FARC, was removed from the social media website a few days after media discovered the public profile. Before being removed,...
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Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe ignored a subpoena ordering him to give testimony in a civil case filed by victims of paramilitary violence against U.S. coal giant Drummond. The former president was subpoenaed to...
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U.K. heavy metal veteran Ozzy Osbourne will include Colombia in his world tour, several Latin American media report. According to Argentine newspaper Los Andes, the former Black Sabbath frontman will perform in Colombia on April...
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Colombia’s Supreme Court formally opened an investigation into former Congress President Nancy Patricia Gutierrez, who is accused of using information obtained through illegal wiretaps in a debate on former Senator Piedad...
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