Posted by Marguerite Cawley | May 16, 2011 | News
Colombia’s national meteorological institute (IDEAM) has announced that heavy rains will last until mid-June, when the La Niña weather pattern passes. IDEAM officials said that the intense rains will last for four-to-five...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | May 16, 2011 | News
The Inspector General’s Office has initiated 40 investigations into 14 mayors and 6 governors for suspected contract irregularities. Of the 14 mayors being investigated, six are from the capital cities of departments,...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | May 16, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos sent a message of solidarity to populations in northern Cundinamarca affected by the flooding of the Bogota River, after being unable to land in the area due to inclement weather...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | May 16, 2011 | News
Authorities in Barranquilla have arrested two men suspected of having ties to the extradited Venezuelan drug trafficker Walid Makled. The two men, wealthy Colombian landowner Victor Rafael Reales Hoyos and Venezuelan Alvaro Luis...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | May 13, 2011 | Culture
“Porfirio,” a Colombian film featuring a wheelchair-bound man, played by himself, who hijacks a plane, will be shown at the 64th edition of the famous Cannes Film Festival in France on Saturday at 10AM (Colombian...
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