Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 15, 2010 | News
A landslide caused by heavy rains in Colombia’s coffee region killed a family of four, local media reported on Sunday. The tragedy occurred Saturday just outside the town of Quinchia in the Risaralda department. According...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 15, 2010 | Tourism
A recently signed open skies agreement between Colombia and the United States will lead to an increase in American tourists , the president of Colombia’s tourism and exports promotion agency said Sunday. According to a...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 15, 2010 | Lite
Miss Santander was on Sunday voted most photogenic of the contestants at the Miss Colombia beauty pageant in Cartagena. Twenty-two-year-old Laura Melissa Patiño was granted the prize by cameramen and photographers who are...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 15, 2010 | News
Four soldiers and at least eight FARC guerrillas died in combat in the eastern Colombian department of Arauca on Sunday. According to Spanish news agency EFE, state forces and FARC guerrillas clashed in the municipality of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 15, 2010 | News
The Colombian government considers declaring a national emergency and asks the international community for assistance as local aid agencies are not able to deal with the more than 1.2 million victims of floods and landslides....
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