Posted by Marguerite Cawley | Jul 7, 2011 | News
Enrique Peñalosa has retaken Gustavo Petro in the most recent CM& election poll for the Bogota mayoral race, while a quarter of those asked said they would not vote for any of the current candidates. According to the poll...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Jul 7, 2011 | News
Colombian authorities have begun investigating possible new developments in the country’s major health care scandal regarding fraudulent medical assistance applications, W Radio reported Thursday. A special investigation...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Jul 7, 2011 | News
Colombian authorities have captured FARC guerrilla Carlos Alonso Vasquez, allegedly responsible for the 2002 assassination of 11 members of the military in Boyaca, various media reported Wednesday. Alias “Wilder,” or...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Jul 7, 2011 | News
One Colombian soldier was killed and two others seriously injured by an explosion inside a military complex on Wednesday afternoon in Yarumal, north of Medellin in the Antioquia department. Initial information has indicated that...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Jul 7, 2011 | News
Colombian political cartoonist Vladimir Florez, aka “Vladdo,” closed his Twitter account due to insults and threats he was receiving via the social medium. Vladdo said goodbye to the social network, where he had...
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