Posted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 22, 2012 | News
Alleged guerrillas destroyed a power station in the northeast of Colombia Tuesday, leaving approximately 100,000 people without electricity. The bombing of the La Cabaña power station cut the power supply for residents in seven...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 22, 2012 | News
Colombia has asked the U.S. to share future testimonies made by former President Alvaro Uribe’s then-security chief, who plead guilty to aiding paramilitary organization AUC, in order to investigate whether other...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 20, 2012 | Lite
Colombian sweetheart Shakira joined Beyonce and Lady Gaga for a good cause at the United Nations World Humanitarian Day on Sunday. Shakira performed a humanitarian gesture on Sunday in the name of “do[ing] something good,...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 20, 2012 | Culture
A member of one of Grammy nominee ChocQuibTown was arrested Sunday after getting into a fight with security guards at a music festival in Cali. Carlos “Tostao” Valencia, MC of the Colombian hip-hop fusion group,...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 20, 2012 | News
The family of Pablo Escobar sued Colombian television network Caracol and newspaper El Espectador because a hit TV series based on the late drug lord’s life and articles published about him “damaged Escobar’s...
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