Posted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 20, 2012 | News
Colombian students announced Sunday to repeat last year’s month-long strike over a pensing higher education reform. Students from all over Colombia will protest on September 5 to remind the government it has failed to...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 17, 2012 | News
The UN Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombia has called on the country’s government Friday to choose an ombudsman with “high morals and ethics” in the elections next week. UN Commissioner Todd Howland sent...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 17, 2012 | Bogota
Award-winning Puerto Rican jazz and salsa musician Eddie Palmieri will star in the annual Salsa in the Park event in Colombia’s capital Bogota this Friday. For the 15th year in a row, Bogota will celebrate the sounds and...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 17, 2012 | Culture
Co-founder and former member of legendary Colombian salsa band Grupo Niche announced Friday to return to the music group after teh death of director and singer Jairo Varela last week. “Niche cannot disappear,” said...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 16, 2012 | News
Coliombia’s police announced Thursday to increase security measures for President Juan Manuel Santos after the FARC allegedly ordered the death of the head of state. Due to the FARC’s “obsession with Santos,...
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