Posted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Jan 30, 2013 | News
An outbreak of burst breast implants has led 935 Colombian women to file suit against the German firm that certified the faulty French-made prostheses. The women join others from around the world who similarly want the...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Jan 29, 2013 | News
Colombian police and the prosecutor general’s office on Tuesday seized 46 properties owned by the incarcerated former Medellin drug kingpin known as “Onion Dealer.” According to police, the properties are...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Jan 29, 2013 | Culture
A film about a famous FARC kidnapping will be released in Colombia despite the legal wrangling of the victim to prevent its distribution. Former Colombian congresswoman Clara Rojas was kidnapped by the FARC, Colombia’s...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Jan 29, 2013 | News
An outspoken council member from the troubled Pacific port city of Buenaventura on Monday was shot and killed in southwestern Colombia. In what authorities are calling a “targeted killing”, charismatic Buenaventura...
Read MorePosted by Benjy Hansen-Bundy | Jan 28, 2013 | News
Colombia’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN) on Monday was elected President of the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Nestor Osorio Londoño will lead the influential UN council responsible for economic...
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