US drug czar to form team in Colombia
U.S. “drug czar” Gil Kerlikowske is to form a team in Colombia to renew efforts against drug trafficking, reported local media Tuesday. Colombia’s police director General Jose Roberto Leon Riaño…
U.S. “drug czar” Gil Kerlikowske is to form a team in Colombia to renew efforts against drug trafficking, reported local media Tuesday. Colombia’s police director General Jose Roberto Leon Riaño…
Refined sugar prices in Colombia are down 17% this year, said Colombian sugar cane growers’ association Asocana on Monday. In August the average price per every 50 kilo sack of sugar…
Porn king Pablo Lapiedra escaped extradition to Colombia on child prostitution charges for the second time in less than a year, reported newspaper El Tiempo Monday. Lapiedra was captured in Hungary…
Canadian oil exploration giant Pacific Rubiales is being investigated for impeding environmental controls on its oilfield in the central Colombian Cundinamarca department, reported Radio Caracol on Tuesday. Environmental authorities said that…
Colombian superstar Shakira will replace Christina Aguilera as a judge on the famous TV singing talent show “The Voice,” U.S. television channel NBC announced on Monday. The Grammy-winning Colombian singer…
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos said that the controversial inspector general has every right to seek re-election, according to Radio Caracol on Tuesday. In an interview on Medellin television station Teleantioqia…
Colombia’s golden poison dart frog has been nominated to be a wonder of the natural world by international conservation groups. The frog, considered to be one of the most toxic…
The former editor of Anncol, a notorious pro-FARC website, was sentenced to eight years in prison for alleged ties to Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, newspaper El Espectador reported Monday. Joaquin…
Foreign investment in Colombia reached the dizzy heights of $11.8 billion by August this year representing a growth of 20.39% from the same period in 2011, said a report from…