Posted by Miriam Wells | Nov 16, 2011 | Lite
Danny Glover, star of the epic “Lethal Weapon” franchise and Steven Spielberg classic “The Color Purple,” is scheduled to arrive in Colombia on Sunday as a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador. The 65-year-old...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Nov 15, 2011 | News
A Colombian NGO has made new allegations of ‘false positive’ killings, some as recent as June this year. In a report due to be released November 21, the Center of Investigation and Popular Education (Cinep) recounts...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Nov 15, 2011 | News
The murder rate in the Colombian capital has dropped to 21 per 100,000 people between January and October, 8% lower than the same period last year, reported El Tiempo newspaper. There were 1,307 homicides in Bogota between...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Nov 15, 2011 | News
Colombian and Chilean students have come together in an attempt to spread their protest across Latin America. The protesters, who in both countries are demanding their governments improve higher education, want to organize a...
Read MorePosted by Miriam Wells | Nov 14, 2011 | News
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos has urged student protesters to go back to school, following four weeks of strikes which have paralyzed universities across the country. President Santos wrote on his Twitter...
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