Posted by Esteban Refshauge | Oct 24, 2012 | News
Pope Benedict XVI named the Archbishop of Bogota as one of the Vatican’s new cardinals Wednesday morning. Bogota archbishop Ruben Salazar Gomez will join five others from the U.S., Lebanon, India, Nigeria, and the Philippines as...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Oct 23, 2012 | News
Colombian police on Tuesday said they have arrested a top leader of drug trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos” in the southwestern city of Cali. Officers from Colombia’s National Police detained Julian Cesar...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Oct 23, 2012 | War and peace
Following a peace deal with the government, demobilized FARC guerrillas could find employment in Colombia’s oil sector, reported El Espectador Monday. If a peace accord is reached between the Colombian government and FARC...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Oct 23, 2012 | Medellin
Colombia’s second city Medellin is the third best tourism destination in Latin America, according to travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler on Tuesday. The Conde Nast Traveler poll, which surveyed the opinions of 46,000 readers,...
Read MorePosted by Esteban Refshauge | Oct 23, 2012 | War and peace
There is significant overlap between FARC demands on land reform and the Colombian government’s proposed Rural Development Act, revealed economic newspaper La Republica Tuesday. All but two of the 17 points that are part of...
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