Posted by Joey O'Gorman | Feb 26, 2013 | News
Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday authorized a humanitarian commission to negotiate the release of two German tourists held hostage in the north of the country since November. “The kidnapped German has a...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Feb 26, 2013 | News
A thief in Bogota on Friday was given an unprecedented prison sentence of 42 years for kidnap and robbery in a style of crime commonly known as the “millionaire ride.” Bogota taxi driver, Jimmy Belisario Perez...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Feb 25, 2013 | Economy
Colombian finance minister Mauricio Cardenas on Monday announced the appointment of Goldman Sachs’ Michel Janna as Director of Public Credit. Janna, who was Goldman’s head of sovereign risk for the Americas has a...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Feb 25, 2013 | zTech
Colombia on Friday became the first Latin American country to use robotic science in a pediatric operation. Surgeons in Bogota’s Marly Clinic operated on a two-year-old boy to remove a malformation located in the urethra...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Feb 22, 2013 | zSports
Colombian soccer forward, Olmes Garcia, on Thursday signed a five-year contract with MLS side Real Salt Lake (RSL). Garcia’s former Colombian team, Deportes Quindio, was reportedly paid by RSL for the transfer of the...
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