Posted by Marguerite Cawley | May 5, 2011 | News
An explosion killed three people in a house in the northeast Bogota neighborhood of Suba on Wednesday. According to sources from the Regulatory Center of Emergencies, the victims of the explosion, which appears to have been...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | May 5, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos presented the “Plan Troya Pacifico,” a new course of action to combat criminal drug trafficking bands in the southwestern departments of Nariño, Cauca and Valle del Cauca, on...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | May 4, 2011 | News
Charges have officially been placed against the first five detainees in the health care scandal that has cost the Colombian state billions of dollars. The Prosecutor General’s Office presented the charges to a judge on...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | May 3, 2011 | Culture
Colombian director Juan David Restrepo has decided to premiere his new film “En coma” in the same Medellin neighborhood where the filming took place, rather than in a national theater, gossip site sweet.com reported....
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | May 3, 2011 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos did fly in a private plane belonging to the disgraced Nule group, but not while campaigning or holding office, said the President’s Office Tuesday in response to accusations against the head of...
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