Posted by Jean Carrere | Nov 16, 2011 | News
Colombia’s second rainy season caused the deaths of 96 persons so far, according to a report from the Direction for Risk Management (DGR) released Tuesday. The DGR, a subdivision of the Interior Ministry, stated that 328...
Read MorePosted by Jean Carrere | Nov 15, 2011 | News
Colombian congressmen announced on Tuesday their decision to effectively withdraw a controversial education reform, in order to put an immediate end to student protests. House representative Wilson Gomez declared that the...
Read MorePosted by Jean Carrere | Nov 15, 2011 | News
Gilberto Londoño Garcia, alleged business manager of drug-trafficking group Los Rastrojos’ operations in Ecuador, was arrested in northwest Bogota on Tuesday. The trafficker, alias “Profe” or...
Read MorePosted by Jean Carrere | Nov 15, 2011 | Culture
The 33rd International Festival of New Latin-American Cinema in Havana is to pay homage to Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, organizers announced Tuesday. The festival, set to run between December 1 and 11, will show six...
Read MorePosted by Jean Carrere | Nov 15, 2011 | News
The northwest Colombian town of Bello released a new list of mayoral candidates on Tuesday after the majority of voters chose “none of the above” in the election in October. The candidates are Carlos Muños of the...
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