Posted by Ben Hockman | Apr 27, 2011 | News
Proposed changes to Colombian intelligence and counterintelligence laws, including the dismantling of DAS, have been approved following debate in the First Commission of Congress, local media reported Wednesday. The proposed...
Read MorePosted by Ben Hockman | Apr 27, 2011 | News
More than 100 churches in Bogota are exceeding legally acceptable levels of noise, El Tiempo newspaper reported Wednesday. The department for the environment conducted recent visits to 147 Christian and Catholic churches around...
Read MorePosted by Ben Hockman | Apr 26, 2011 | News
The alleged FARC ambassador to Europe, recently arrested in Venezuela, has denied ties to guerrilla group, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. Joaquin Perez Becerra, alias “Alberto”, who was arrested in Venezuela on...
Read MorePosted by Ben Hockman | Apr 26, 2011 | zSports
Colombian tennis player Alejandro Falla secured place in the second round of the ATP Open in Estoril, Portugal, local media reported Tuesday. Falla, ranked 135 in the world, edged slightly closer to the final when his opponent...
Read MorePosted by Ben Hockman | Apr 26, 2011 | News
Colombian police have captured a key leader of the criminal group “Renacer,” the national police website reported Tuesday. As part of operation “Oro Negro,” police arrested 30-year old Erlin Javier Arroyo...
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