Posted by Hannah Aronowitz | Mar 1, 2011 | Bogota
30 Seconds to Mars, the American rock band fronted by Jared Leto, has confirmed a Bogota gig on April 6 on their official website. Formed by brothers Shannon and Jared Leto in 1997, the Los Angeles-based band now includes Tomo...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Mar 1, 2011 | News
Colombia’s second guerrilla attack of the day left two dead in a FARC assault on a government delegation in Antioquia, Caracol Radio reports Tuesday. A farmer and a soldier were killed by a sniper’s gunshots when...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Mar 1, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Ministry of Social Protection confirmed that it will destroy 217,000 units of expired medication, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. The Inspector General’s Office found inside the Ministry of Social...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Mar 1, 2011 | Caribbean
The “Francisco el Hombre” (Franscisco the Man) Festival is a celebration of the legend of vallenato, the popular folk music native to Colombia’s Caribbean coast. As legend has it, Francisco el Hombre —...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 28, 2011 | News
A man admits to the murder of an accountant in the Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia, central Colombia, in February, newspaper El Espectador reported Monday. Fabian Geovanny Toro Restrepo admitted before the 5th Penal Court...
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