Posted by Sarah Cast | Sep 27, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Minister of the Interior German Vargas Lleras has laid down the rules for maintaining public order during the upcoming October elections, Colombian media reported Tuesday. According to Caracol TV, the electoral...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 26, 2011 | News
Political opponents of a mayoral candidate in northern Colombia reportedly offered demobilized paramilitaries over $15,000 to testify that he had links to paramilitary groups, El Espectador reported Monday. Daniel Cabrales, a...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 26, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon advised the population of the northeastern Colombian department of Arauca on Sunday not be intimidated by rumors of imminent attacks against the civilian population. Without...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 23, 2011 | News
The birth rate for humpback whales in Bahia Malaga, on Colombia’s Pacific coast, is among the highest on earth, according to the director of the Humpback Foundation. The humpback whale birth rate – measured as the...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 23, 2011 | Culture
“Restrepo,” an award-winning documentary named after Juan Sebastian Restrepo, a Colombian-born U.S. platoon medic killed in action in Afghanistan, was released in Colombia Friday. The film follows the second platoon of the 173rd...
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