Posted by James Bargent | Aug 15, 2011 | News
The Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon responded to the FARC’s calls for peace talks by demanding the guerrillas take concrete steps to prove their intentions. Garzon, communicating through Twitter, said “we need ‘acts of...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Aug 15, 2011 | News
Approximately 100 youths broke out of a juvenile detention centre near Cali on Saturday, escaping through a back door when guards were distracted by rioting inmates. According to the authorities, circa 9:30PM the teenagers left...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Aug 15, 2011 | News
Three Colombian soldiers were killed and one injured near the Venezuelan border on Saturday after entering a minefield allegedly laid by the FARC, the military reported. The soldiers had been carrying out routine tasks at a site...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Aug 12, 2011 | zSports
The Colombian national soccer team have released a statement declaring their support for scandal-hit coach Hernan Dario Gomez, who resigned after hitting a woman in a Bogota bar. The players, along with some of the coaching...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Aug 12, 2011 | Tourism
Twenty-four of Colombia’s best DJs have been selected to battle it out in Shock magazine’s 2011 DJ Mashup competition, starting August 18. After a month long selection process, the competition was whittled down to three groups...
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