Posted by Alice Boyd | Nov 11, 2011 | News
Family members of the killed FARC leader Alfonso Cano are waiting on confirmation from the prosecutor general’s office of Popayan, expected Friday, to be able to claim the body of the fallen guerrilla fighter. The...
Read MorePosted by Alice Boyd | Nov 11, 2011 | Culture
Newly-crowned “Person of the Year” and Colombian pop darling, Shakira, wins best female vocal album at the 12th Latin Grammys Thursday in Las Vegas, which she dedicates to Latin musicians everywhere, for their...
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Plan Colombia should not be seen as a model for US foreign policy in Mexico as its success in Colombia is “greatly overstated,” a group of Washington-based think tanks on Latin America said Thursday. The report,...
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A system that provides bicycles for the public in Colombia’s capital city Bogota has failed to achieve city wide success, due to poor planning and a rushed implementation process, according to newspaper El Tiempo. The bike...
Read MorePosted by Alice Boyd | Nov 10, 2011 | News
Tens of thousands of students have taken to the streets in all of Colombia’s major cities, to defend what they see as their right to free speech and education. In Bogota, at least 20 thousand students are threatening to...
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