Posted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Jan 9, 2012 | News
A leader of the FARC’s 6th Front was captured Monday by the Colombian Army and the National Police Force while drinking at a bar in southwest Colombia. 27-year-old Oscar Ivan Gugu, alias “El Zorro”, is a leader...
Read MorePosted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Jan 9, 2012 | Bogota
New York post-punk band The Rapture come to Colombia for two shows in a Bogota record store on January 18 and 19. The shows are part of a tour to promote the group’s latest album “In the Grace of your Love”....
Read MorePosted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Jan 9, 2012 | News
Three city councilors have been forced to flee a town in the southwest of Colombia due to threats from local guerrillas, a local newspaper reported Monday. The councilors, named as Melida Sandoval, Eider Mina and Edwin Figueroa,...
Read MorePosted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Jan 9, 2012 | Tourism
Up to 700 passengers are expected to be affected as flights between Bogota and Madrid are cancelled as part of Iberia’s pilot strike. The strike, scheduled for Monday and Wednesday, is being undertaken by the Spanish Union...
Read MorePosted by Aylish O'Driscoll | Jan 9, 2012 | News
A global poll has rated Colombia as the most hopeful country in Latin America, and seventh in the world. Colombians are a people defined by their ability to hope for more, despite suffering from an array of socioeconomic...
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