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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Colombia’s new prosecutor general postponed the court hearing wherein former DAS director Maria del Pilar Hurtado and former President Alvaro Uribe’s chief of staff Bernardo Moreno will be charged for their alleged...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 2, 2010 | News
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe on Thursday admitted to advising several of his former aides to seek political asylum abroad amid criminal investigations for corruption and the illegal wiretapping of government...
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Colombia’s defense minister on Wednesday claimed that over 10,000 members of illegal armed groups were arrested, killed or demobilized by the country’s security forces in 2010. According to Defense Minister Rodrigo...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 2, 2010 | Culture
Colombian act Chocquibtown has been nominated for a 2011 Grammy, the organizers of the award show announced. The group, who come from the city of Quibdo in Colombia’s Choco region, which borders on the Pacific coast,...
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