Posted by Hannah Aronowitz | Jan 14, 2011 | News
U.S. Democratic Representative Sander Levin met with Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon Friday to discuss the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), according to a press release from the vice president. Levin came to Colombia on a...
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Fifteen people have been shot in the last 20 days in Colombia’s northern department of La Guajira, despite a ban on carrying guns, reported newspaper Diario del Norte Friday. La Guajira is a notoriously violent region in...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Jan 14, 2011 | Medellin
Medellin tourism booms this holiday season, according to a press release from the Mayor’s Office. The city’s airports saw a 29 percent increase in visitors entering the country in December, in comparison to the same...
Read MorePosted by Hannah Aronowitz | Jan 14, 2011 | News
Seven passengers died and 35 were injured when a bus traveling from Bogota to Medellin crashed into a ravine Friday Morning, reported newspaper El Tiempo. Most of the injured “arrived with multiple fractures and injuries...
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Oliverio Isaza, alias “Terror,” incarcerated for his actions as a Colombian paramilitary, has recorded14 songs from jail, reported newspaper El Tiempo Friday. The son of paramilitary leader Magdalena Medio Ramon...
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