Cinema in a Medellin cemetery
Medellin will become the second city in Colombia to have a film screening in a cemetery, in the renovated Cemetery of San Lorenzo. The movie to be displayed is “Beatriz Gonzalez ¿Por que llora si ya rie?”...
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Colombia appoints ambassador to Canada
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 18, 2010 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday appointed Clemencia Forero Ucros as ambassador to Canada. The new ambassador was instructed by the president to “consolidate the good economic, trade and diplomatic...
Read MoreFormer senator jailed after violating house arrest
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 18, 2010 | News
Colombia’s Supreme Court revoked the house arrest of former senator Yidis Medina for violating the terms of her detention. According to the court, the former senator – convicted for accepting government bribes to...
Read MoreBogota issues yellow alert over heavy rains
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 18, 2010 | News
Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno on Wednesday issued a state of yellow alert over the heavy rains that have caused several floods and landslides in Colombia’s capital. “With this measure all local emergency committees in...
Read MoreSpain asks Colombia for more evidence in FARC-ETA case
Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 18, 2010 | News
A Spanish judge asked Colombian authorities for more evidence to support accusations that the FARC and ETA have been organizing workshops in Venezuela and Colombia. Judge Eloy Velasco asked Colombia’s police to verify...
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