Posted by Marguerite Cawley | Feb 24, 2011 | Culture
Colombian Vallenato legend Diomedes “Cacique” Diaz and his band will finish a highly successful tour of Europe in three days, MiRiohacha reported Thursday. The tour, which ends on February 27, has been an important...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Feb 24, 2011 | Culture
In a brief message, musician Juanes asked journalist Hector Arango to halt an initiative to build a museum commemorating his work, Caracol Radio reported Wednesday. According to the article, the message read: “Forget this...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Feb 24, 2011 | News
Former congressman Hector Jose Ospina has been detained on charges of corruption, El Espectador reported Thursday. Ospina was arrested in Bogota Thursday morning by agents from the Technical Investigation Team (CTI) of the...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Feb 24, 2011 | News
Corrupt Bogota policemen are suspected of being complicit in the operations of a fake brothel used to kidnap and torture clients, Caracol Radio reported Wednesday. During the hearing for eleven of the alleged kidnappers, the...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Feb 23, 2011 | News
Over a period of five years an area of forest equivalent to two and a half times the size of Jamaica has been lost in Colombia, largely in regions of coca cultivation, according to a U.S. study, Semana reported Tuesday. The...
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