Posted by Caitlin Trent | Oct 1, 2012 | War and peace
Colombia’s interior minister confirmed Monday that an electoral reform the government plans to present to Congress still does not permit congressional seats for guerrilla group FARC with whom the government is seeking a...
Read MorePosted by Caitlin Trent | Oct 1, 2012 | News
During a joint operation the Colombian Navy and Air Force identified a drug trafficking plane and subsequently engaged in a gun fight with the plane’s crew upon its landing. The light aircraft was detected on Sunday over...
Read MorePosted by Caitlin Trent | Oct 1, 2012 | News
Authorities have captured the alleged intelligence chief of the FARC’s Southern Bloc “Patricia.” Ninfa Lozada, alias Patricia, was detained in the central eastern department of Casanare and arrested on charges...
Read MorePosted by Caitlin Trent | Oct 1, 2012 | Economy
The Bogota Convention Bureau has determined that there is an expected $2 million in business next year after hosting its first convention for tourist businesses last week. The convention for Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and...
Read MorePosted by Caitlin Trent | Oct 1, 2012 | Bogota
A Colombian Hip Hop Festival seeks to bring a “sense of belonging, harmony, peace, reconciliation” to Bogota. On October 20 and 21 the festival “Hip Hop al Parque” will be held in the Simon Bolivar Park...
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