Medellin’s Ciudad del Rio Park
With the Museum of Modern Art at one end and lined with a giant graffiti wall called the Urban Art...
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ELN releases kidnapped oil workers
Eleven oil workers who were kidnappped by the ELN last week have been released in northeast Colombia, the Red Cross announced Tuesday. According to the aid agency, rebels delivered the hostages to representatives of the Red...
Read MoreFormer ministers to be tried for Uribe re-election bribery scandal
Two former Colombian ministers will be tried for the alleged bribery of congressmen to allow the 2006 re-election of former President Alvaro Uribe, announced the Prosecutor General Tuesday. The former Interior and Justice...
Read MorePopayan finalizes 2012 Holy Week schedule
Popayan is finalizing its preparations for the city’s cultural highlight of the year; the Holy Week ceremonies that will be held from April 1 to 7. The week’s events center around the re-enactment of Jesus...
Read MoreControversy over hydroelectric plant continues
The Colombian government announced that it will investigate the controversial construction of the Quimbo hydroelectric plant after vehement civilian protests that took place this Saturday in the southwestern Huila department....
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