Posted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 10, 2012 | News
Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro was admitted to hospital where he underwent surgery to remove a blood clot in the brain, reported local media Thursday. “After examining [Petro], we can document a subdural hematoma which we...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 10, 2012 | News
An alleged FARC attack destroyed power stations in the Southwestern departments Valle de Cauca and Cauca leaving 30,000 people without electricity, reported local media Friday. Two car bombs detonated at the power station...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 9, 2012 | News
The former partner of ex-President Alvaro Uribe’s late brother was “at the center of an international narco-trafficking ring,” U.S. authorities said Thursday. Dolly Cifuentes was extradited to New York, United...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 9, 2012 | News
Fans of famed Colombian salsa singer Jairo Varela, who died Wednesday, will have the chance to pay their last tribute to the artist in a church in Cali. Starting Thursday afternoon the Evangelista Mora church will open its doors...
Read MorePosted by Katharina Wecker | Aug 9, 2012 | News
“Sebastian,” the leader of Medellin-based crime syndicate Oficina de Envigado who was arrested Wednesday, owned weapons that are more technologically advanced than Colombia’s Armed Forces. The weapon arsenal of...
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