Posted by Manuela Kuehr | Nov 22, 2010 | Medellin
With a COP250 million investment Medellin’s tourist information kiosks have served over 12,000 tourists this year and are prepared for an influx of tourists for the Christmas season, according to a press release. Four...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Nov 22, 2010 | Cartagena
Cartagena’s mayor Judith Pinedo and the city’s police on Monday presented a security strategy for this Christmas season with 3,000 policemen committing to the safety of locals and tourists, local newspaper El...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Nov 22, 2010 | News
Three policemen were killed and three more were wounded on Monday morning in an alleged FARC attack in Colombia’s southwest department of Cauca, El Tiempo reports. Armed FARC guerrillas allegedly ambushed the policemen in...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Nov 22, 2010 | Culture
The Colombian film “Retratos en un mar de mentiras” (Portraits in a Sea of Lies), directed by Carlos Gaviria, wins the Public Prize for the best fiction film at the Geneva festival “Filming in Latin...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Nov 22, 2010 | News
The Prosecutor General’s Office ordered an investigation of three politicians and two former security forces heads over claims by extradited AUC member Juan Carlos Sierra, alias “El Tuso” that he held meetings...
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