Posted by Sarah Cast | Sep 15, 2011 | News
A forest fire has so far destroyed over 1,235 acres of woodland between the municipalities of Ibague and Espinal in the central Colombian department of Tolima, an Interior Ministry official announced Thursday. The Director of...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 14, 2011 | News
Carlos Castaño, the late founder of paramilitary organization AUC, instructed a journalist of the leading El Tiempo newspaper what to publish, reported website Un Pasquin Wednesday. In a letter sent to journalist Salud...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 14, 2011 | News
Thirteen people were kidnapped and another two were killed in Cumbitara, in the southwestern Colombian department of Nariño, the town’s mayor announced Wednesday. Cumbitara Mayor Carlos Rodriguez said that 13 locals were...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 8, 2011 | Tourism
Colombian singer and songwriter Andres Cepeda will perform in Barranquilla, Medellin and Bogota all in one weekend, from Friday, September 9 to Sunday, September 11. The shows are part of the singer’s “Vivo en Directo” tour....
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 8, 2011 | News
A new government agency will be ready by the end of November to defend the Colombian state against lawsuits adding up to over $55.9 billion, Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras announced Thursday. “The law of extraordinary...
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