Posted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 1, 2011 | News
Police at Madrid airport intercepted 71 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a shipment of roses sent from Colombia, newspaper El Tiempo reported Monday. Two Colombians and five Spaniards have been arrested in several Spanish cities...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 1, 2011 | News
Authorities say that the FARC blew up a truck bomb on a bridge near the north Colombian town of Anori, Antioquia, where thousands of displaced people are trying to return to their homes, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday. So...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Feb 1, 2011 | News
Colombia’s ambassador to Egypt says that the situation in Cairo is “hell,” but will stay to provide support for Colombian nationals in the country, La F.M. radio reported Tuesday. Mario Iguaran’s main...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Jan 31, 2011 | News
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos expressed his support for Colombia’s justice system in the case against his predecessor Alvaro Uribe over illegal wiretapping. “I would be very sad as a Colombian if my...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Jan 31, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s unemployment rate dropped slightly in 2010, ending the year 0.2% lower, according to the national statistics department DANE, newspaper El Espectador reported Monday. The unemployment rate in Colombia at the...
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