Posted by Manuela Kuehr | Nov 12, 2010 | News
Angela Suarez, Colombia’s consul general in Miami, confirms that she is leaving office on the order of President Juan Manuel Santos and Foreign Minister Angela Maria Holguin, W Radio reports. The diplomat said “I...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Nov 12, 2010 | News
Fondeliberdad director resigned Thursday and Santos ordered government intervention Friday in Fondeliberdad due allegations of corruption in the organization, reports Semana and Caracol Rado. Fondelibertad, a government body...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Nov 12, 2010 | Culture
Colombian artists ChocQuibTown and Diomedes Diaz won awards at the Latin Grammys held in Las Vegas, Nevada on Thursday. Diomedes Diaz beat out his fellow Colombian nominees for the best cumbia/vallenato album, newspaper El...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Nov 12, 2010 | News
Colombia’s Constitutional Court on Thursday ruled against a lawsuit to legalize civil marriage for same-sex couples. The Consitutional Court ruled that the request filed by two attorneys for equal rights for gay couples...
Read MorePosted by Manuela Kuehr | Nov 12, 2010 | News
10 people were killed on Thursday when a minibus and a truck crashed in the northern Colombian department of Sucre. The crash happened on a bridge on the road between Toluviejo and San Onofre. The driver and all passengers in...
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