Posted by Matt Snyder | Jul 25, 2011 | Caribbean
The 52nd “Fiesta del Mar” will begin Wednesday in the colonial town of Santa Marta on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. The festival, which was originally created to commemorate the town’s founding, has become...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 25, 2011 | Lite
Colombian pop diva Shakira and Spanish soccer player Gerard Pique have the most nauseating Spanish celebrity relationship, said a poll conducted by Spanish news agency EFE. Shakira and Pique dominated the competition to be the...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 25, 2011 | Economy
Colombian financial group Inversiones Suramericana announced that it will spend more than $3.75 billion to buy South American assets from Dutch financial bank ING Sunday. Suramericana will buy pension securities and other assets...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 25, 2011 | News
Violence in the southwestern Colombian town of Toribio, where the FARC detonated a bomb that nearly destroyed the town, is continuing as a political candidate and a health official were killed this weekend. According to several...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 25, 2011 | News
A Colombian tax official was denied bail Monday as she awaits trial for her alleged part in an embezzlement scheme that diverted billions of dollars in public funds. A judge ruled that Luz Adrianna Matamba would be transferred...
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