Posted by Rosemary Westwood | May 22, 2012 | Lite
Colombian hostage negotiator and former senator Piedad Cordoba is the host of a new documentary program examining social justice in Latin America and the Caribbean. “Just Cause” premiered Monday on Venezuelan...
Read MorePosted by Rosemary Westwood | May 22, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s coffee sector is headed for dismal production levels in 2012, according to both the Ministry of Agriculture and the national coffee growers federation. The government and farmers have been battling rainy...
Read MorePosted by Rosemary Westwood | May 18, 2012 | News
Residents fled their homes in southwest Colombia over concerns of escalating violence, after FARC attacks on Thursday and Friday night injured a local police inspector, local media reported Friday. There were no other reports of...
Read MorePosted by Rosemary Westwood | May 18, 2012 | Culture
Colombia’s rock icon Juanes and his wife will host the special return of the star-studded St. Jude Angles & Stars Gala on Saturday to mark the charity hospital’s 50th anniversary. Juanes and his wife, television...
Read MorePosted by Rosemary Westwood | May 18, 2012 | News
With the passage of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the United States and Colombian governments need to protect human rights defenders and trade unionists in the Andean nation more than ever, according to testimony at a U.S....
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