Posted by Joey O'Gorman | Oct 12, 2012 | News
Protests in Colombia’s capital Bogota on Friday, descended into chaos leaving one injured and more than 10 arrested, according to reports. Thousands of protesters converged at Plaza Bolivar in central Bogota where...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Oct 12, 2012 | Tourism
For those tired of the Lonely Planet tome using up flight weight restrictions and having to carry a handbag big enough to hold the 300-plus pages of the backpacker’s “bible” to Colombia, “Colombia...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Oct 12, 2012 | News
Marches take place throughout Colombia over the next days as part of the “week of indignation,” organized by social sectors to raise government awareness of how the armed conflict has affected them and to demand an...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Oct 11, 2012 | News
Police in the northern Colombian town of Barranquilla discovered 24 pounds of marijuana hidden in a picture of famous Argentine footballer Lionel Messi on Tuesday. The illegal drugs were discovered when a bus was stopped at a...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Oct 11, 2012 | Economy
The central Colombian departments of Meta and Casanare and the northern Cesar department prospered last year due to mining activities, revealed the country’s statistics office, Dane on Thursday. In 2011 the GDP of mining...
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