Posted by James Bargent | Aug 26, 2011 | zSports
Leonel Alvarez, the right-hand man of disgraced former Colombia soccer coach Hernan Dario Gomez, will assume control of the national team for the forthcoming friendlies with Honduras and Jamaica. Alvarez was handed the position...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Aug 26, 2011 | Culture
Legendary Vallenato singer, composer, and musician Lorenzo Morales has died at the age of 97. Morales, known as “Moralito,” died in hospital surrounded by his wife and 37 children in the early hours of Friday morning. He had...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Aug 25, 2011 | News
The Supreme Court has accepted a plea bargain from ex-congressman German Olano, making him the second person to be convicted in the Bogota public works scandal. Olano pled guilty to charges of bribery to get a reduction in the...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Aug 25, 2011 | News
Nearly 3,000 residents of Puerto Gaitan in the central Colombian Meta department marched through the town to demand a solution to the area’s social problems, Caracol Radio reported on Thursday. The protest, which was organized...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Aug 25, 2011 | Culture
Colombian horror film El Paramo – “the Squad” – is being touted for a Hollywood remake even though it is still two months away from release. According to Radio Santa Fe, production company Rhayuela Cine...
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