Posted by Jet van Dijck | Jun 7, 2012 | Culture
The mayor’s office of Barranquilla is set to take over management of the city’s Carnival festivities, local media reported Thursday. A Colombian administrative court made the ruling Wednesday that Barranquilla local...
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Colombia’s minister of foreign affairs and her Bolivian counterpart signed an agreement on security and defense with an emphasis on transnational organized crime, government officials reported Tuesday. It will coordinate...
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The Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra was praised by audience and critics for its concerts in Moscow during the festival of World Symphony Orchestras, local media reported. The debut of the orchestral group in Russia was “a...
Read MorePosted by Jet van Dijck | Jun 6, 2012 | Lite
The management of Shakira on Tuesday denied rumors the Colombian pop diva is expecting her first-born with Spanish soccer star Gerard Pique. Although Shakira did not react to the speculations herself, Xavier Menos, the...
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A proposal to chemically castrate sex offenders will be presented to the Colombian Congress on July 20, local media reported Wednesday. Senator Leonard Roy Barreras announced the proposal, stating that chemical castration, the...
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