Posted by Marguerite Cawley | Jun 29, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos referred to those accusing the government of paying off the FARC in “Operation Jaque” as “useful idiots” for feeding in to the guerrilla organization’s...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Jun 29, 2011 | News
Freed from ties to the Green Party, former Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus will once again join the pool of candidates for the capital city’s mayoral race. According to newspaper El Espectador, Mockus will launch his candidacy...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Jun 28, 2011 | Economy
Colombia has released COP 10,000 and 20,000 notes with raised braille symbols to help blind people distinguish between the two, the country’s central bank reported Tuesday. According to the central bank, the new bills have...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Jun 28, 2011 | News
Bogota metropolitan police have identified and dismantled 203 small criminal gangs operating in the capital city this year, newspaper El Tiempo reported Monday. The criminal bands that have been found are reportedly responsible...
Read MorePosted by Marguerite Cawley | Jun 28, 2011 | Culture
Famous Colombian Vallenato singer Diomedes Diaz and his family have been hospitalized with pneumonia in the northern department of Cesar, newspaper El Tiempo reported Monday. The singer was brought to a medical center in...
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