Posted by Sarah Cast | Sep 19, 2011 | News
A judge has revoked house arrest for Alirio de Jesus Rendon, alias “El Cebollero,” a former leader of the Medellin drug gang Oficina de Envigado, and ordered his return to prison. Medellin Judge Gabriel Fernando Roldan’s ruling...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 16, 2011 | Bogota
Miyavi, Japan’s one and only Samurai Guitarist, included Bogota in his “What’s My Name?” 2011 World Tour. The artist’s “visual kei” performance – a blend of glam rock, punk and metal with a uniquely Japanese aesthetic...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 16, 2011 | News
Six confirmed cases of measles in Barranquilla, the fourth most populous city in Colombia, have led the Colombian government to embark on a mission to vaccinate over eight million people within the next eight months. Deputy...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 15, 2011 | News
The United States State Department announced Thursday that it had legally certified an improvement in Colombia’s human rights record, allowing the U.S. Congress to disperse the 2011 fiscal funds allocated for the Colombian Armed...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 15, 2011 | News
A labor strike has obstructed the construction of the Colombian Bicentennial Pipeline (OBC) in the eastern Colombian department of Casanare, the newspaper El Espectador reported Thursday. Forty of the 57 laborers hired for the...
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