Posted by Matt Snyder | Jul 15, 2011 | Southwest Colombia
The 27th Roldanillo Women’s Poetry Meeting began Friday in southern Colombia. The meeting features many of Colombia’s prominent women poets who will perform their poetry throughout the festival. The festival will...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 15, 2011 | Culture
Colombian rock singer Juanes began his concert tour of Spain with a concert in Vigo, Spain this Saturday. Juanes launched his first major concert tour this year since 2008, beginning the year with a concert in Mexico and a tour...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 14, 2011 | News
A report prepared by think tank Nuevo Arco Iris totaled 166 FARC attacks in the Cauca Department this year, and revealed new FARC tactics Thursday. The report cited 28 attacks in Toribio, a southern Colombian town that was...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 14, 2011 | Economy
The National Federation of Coffee Growers announced that Colombia produced 40% less coffee this June than during the same period the previous year, Caracol Radio reported Thursday. Colombia produced 471,000 bags of coffee this...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 14, 2011 | News
President Santos announced Thursday an expansion of a Colombian student-loan program that will benefit 230,000 Colombian students. Santos announced that he will boost the government’s student-loan budget to $2 billion,...
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