Posted by Rob Edmond | Jan 21, 2013 | Lite
A pair of biographical books about the life and works of Colombian literary legend Gabriel Garcia Marquez have been heralded as some of the best books released in 2013. The two books — “Gabo, Letters and...
Read MorePosted by Rob Edmond | Jan 21, 2013 | News
As part of their campaign to create “sustainable energy communities” throughout Latin America and Africa, a Spanish university has provided a rural municipality in eastern Colombia with free electricity. The...
Read MorePosted by Rob Edmond | Jan 18, 2013 | Lite
A group of thieves were thwarted after one of their accomplices, a very disagreeing donkey, gave them away. According to local media, the group managed to steal goods from a small store in the tiny north Caribbean town of Juan...
Read MorePosted by Rob Edmond | Jan 18, 2013 | Economy
Up to 3,000 banana plantation workers in northern Colombia may lose their jobs as the future of the country’s banana industry is no longer certain, according to a local NGO. Workers from 32 farms in the northwestern Uraba...
Read MorePosted by Rob Edmond | Jan 17, 2013 | News
Colombia’s foreign minister will meet with her newly-appointed Venezuelan counterpart in Caracas Friday. Minister Maria Angela Holguin will make the trip in the wake of Elias Jaua being appointed the new Venezuelan Foreign...
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