Posted by Ben Hockman | Apr 5, 2011 | News
English language education in Colombia is producing dire results, despite programs to encourage Spanish-English bilingualism, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday. According to the newspaper, the Ministry of Education in...
Read MorePosted by Ben Hockman | Apr 4, 2011 | News
A passenger plane on Monday crashed just before landing northeast of Bogota, injuring two adults and one child, reported various media. The accident took place at 1:20PM Monday near Guaymaral, just 1,600 feet before the plane...
Read MorePosted by Ben Hockman | Apr 4, 2011 | Economy
U.S. senators John Kerry (D-Ma) and Max Baucus (D-Mont) claim that a free trade agreement with Colombia will create jobs in the U.S. In a letter published in the Wall Street Journal on Monday, Baucas, Chairman of the Senate...
Read MorePosted by Ben Hockman | Apr 4, 2011 | News
A farming community displaced three times has demanded protection for its recently returned land in the north of Colombia, Caracol Radio reported Monday. The group of 123 families has recently returned to its land in Hacienda...
Read MorePosted by Ben Hockman | Apr 4, 2011 | News
A train crash in the north of Colombia has left at least four people dead, local media report. The head-on collision took place Sunday evening between the towns of Guamachito and Sevilla in the Magdalena department. Authorities...
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