Posted by Hannah Aronowitz | Jan 27, 2011 | News
Colombia’s government announces that all governors must take action to aid flood victims within a week, or they will be replaced, according to a government press release. “By [next] Wednesday, if the governor has not...
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Colombia’s national police director General Oscar Naranjo requested the maximum sentence for a police major arrested for drug possession, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. General Oscar Naranjo said that Cesar Torrijos...
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A Colombian chef cooks up an edible wedding gown and shoes for a textile fair in Medellin, reports Spanish news agency EFE. Although Juan Manuel Barrientos claims to know little about fashion, when someone asked him about...
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Colombia says it will not meet the demands of the almost 2,000 people recently displaced by violence in Antioquia, on the grounds that they represent the wishes of the FARC, reported newspaper El Tiempo Thursday. Families from...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Jan 27, 2011 | News
Colombian authorities have raised the risk level of the Galeras volcano to orange alert, meaning an eruption is likely within days or weeks. The Colombian Institute of Geology and Mining (Ingeominas) declared the alert on the...
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