Posted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 25, 2012 | News
A Colombian woman wanted by U.S. authorities for defrauding the country’s health care system out of $5 million was arrested in Medellin Monday and awaits extradition. Magda Luz Restrepo Pineda who went by Magda Luz Lavin...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 25, 2012 | News
The reigning queen of the Bambuco beauty pageant was attacked by a motorcyclist in the southern department of Huila Sunday. Linda Jaqueline Pardo Monj, her boyfriend and mother were travelling by car in the city of Neiva to go...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 25, 2012 | Tourism
Colombia’s tourism ministry revealed that the Andean nation saw a 5.3% increase in foreign visitors between January and April 2012 compared to the same period last year. The rise continues the surge in tourism to Colombia,...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 25, 2012 | News
A former AUC leader claimed Colombia’s Air Force lent air support to a paramilitary operation against FARC guerrillas that killed at least 24 people in 2001. Elkin Casarrollo Posada, a high-ranking member of the...
Read MorePosted by Brandon Barrett | Jun 22, 2012 | Economy
U.S. foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bogota is expected to reach $3.2 billion in 2012, according to financial publication Portfolio. The estimate is a 13% increase from 2011, mainly attributed to the city’s burgeoning...
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