Posted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 24, 2011 | News
A Colombian navy patrol has detained three people aboard a ship on the Amazon River carrying over 100 kgs of cocaine and 500 cartridges of ammunition, El Espectador reported Thursday. The ship was intercepted in an area known as...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Colombian rock group Don Tetto will play in Medellin as part of a promotional tour for their new single “Mi error,” Colombian media reported Tuesday. The show will take place April 9 in the Plaza de Toros La...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 23, 2011 | News
A timber harvesting license granted to a Canadian company will allow the exploitation of Colombian rain forest on the Pacific coast, with potentially serious consequences for regional biodiversity, W Radio reported Tuesday. The...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 22, 2011 | News
A Colombian Congressional committee on victim reparation is considering making politicians with proven ties to paramilitary death squads partly responsible for the compensations of victims of these groups, the committee chairman...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Mar 22, 2011 | News
Senator Ivan Moreno Rojas has said that the Nule Group claims are completely false and that the evidence against him has been manipulated. In the first round of hearings regarding corruption allegations brought against Moreno by...
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