Posted by Mary Cecelia Bittner | Feb 29, 2012 | News
Nine oil company employees were abducted early Tuesday morning by armed gunmen in the northeastern Arauca department, reported local media. The whereabouts of nine employees of the oil company Consorcio Casanare Avanzada are...
Read MorePosted by Mary Cecelia Bittner | Feb 29, 2012 | News
The Colombian government will allow the NGO Colombians for Peace to “visit” imprisoned members of the FARC, reports local media. Skeptical of the conditions that incarcerated members of the FARC face in prisons...
Read MorePosted by Mary Cecelia Bittner | Feb 29, 2012 | News
Colombia’s State Council on Tuesday dismissed the current Prosecutor General, the country’s highest public prosecutor, based on flaws in her election process. After more than 12 hours of consideration, the State...
Read MorePosted by Mary Cecelia Bittner | Feb 28, 2012 | Cali
Cali shows the world what it has to offer with its 2012 Cultural Agenda. Cali’s Ministry of Culture worked together with the city’s various institutions and community leaders to compile a program listing over 300...
Read MorePosted by Mary Cecelia Bittner | Feb 28, 2012 | Culture
Shakira announced that a new album is in the works Monday. “Today I start working on my new album in English,” said the Colombian sweetheart on her Twitter account. Media reports claim that Shakira will be...
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