Posted by Linda Azodi | Nov 10, 2010 | Lite
Two Colombians will attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a rowboat to establish a new World Record. Nicolas Carvajal Uribe and Rodrigo Ideus Forero will will start their 5,000 km journey in the Canary Islands on January 12 and...
Read MorePosted by Linda Azodi | Nov 5, 2010 | News
Colombian army commanders met Friday with the family of three children from the Arauca department who were allegedly murdered by a soldier, and issued an apology. Two generals spoke with the father of the murdered children,...
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The brother of a mayor and the mother of a town councilor were kidnapped in the north-east Colombian Arauca department on Thursday and Friday, respectively, and taken to Venezuela. The attacks are ascribed to guerrilla group the...
Read MorePosted by Linda Azodi | Nov 5, 2010 | News
Four people, reportedly from the indigenous Awa group, were massacred Thursday night in Colombia’s south-western Nariño department, El Espectador reported Friday. The motive of the murder is not yet known. The victims are...
Read MorePosted by Linda Azodi | Nov 5, 2010 | News
Colombia’s national police force celebrated its 119th anniversary Friday. In an interview with newspaper El Colombiano, metropolitan police commander Coronel Juan Pablo Guerrero, stated that “for the police, a year...
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