Posted by Joey O'Gorman | Aug 13, 2012 | zSports
Colombia’s 400m Olympic runner Diego Palomeque was banned for two years after testing positive for testosterone Sunday. Diego Palomeque, was excluded from the Olympics as a second urine sample tested positive for unnatural...
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The mayor of Colombia’s capital Bogota was discharged from hospital Monday after undergoing brain surgery. Mayor Gustavo Petro had been treated in the Santa Fe Foundation in Bogota where a blood clot was removed from his...
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Two alleged guerrilla leaders were killed in separate police and military operations in the west of Colombia, authorities claimed Friday. “Eliseo”, suspected leader of the Calarca Front of the rebel group ELN, was...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Aug 10, 2012 | News
Indigenous people and farmers from the south of Colombia mobilized again on Thursday in protest of dam being built on the Magdalena river. The protests are the second this year; in February hundreds of protesters clashed with...
Read MorePosted by Joey O'Gorman | Aug 10, 2012 | News
International labor unions on Thursday dismissed a recent statement by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) saying Colombia’s labor rights situation has improved “significantly.” According to the unions,...
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