Posted by Sarah Cast | Oct 11, 2011 | Tourism
The Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) will visit Bogota November 3 as the guest of honor of Colombia’s minister of commerce, industry and tourism, Colombian media announced Tuesday....
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Oct 11, 2011 | Culture
Colombian horror flick “El Paramo” is nominated for Best Latin American Film at the 2012 Goya Awards, newspaper El Espectador revealed Monday. The Colombian Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences selected “El Paramo” to...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Oct 11, 2011 | News
Two unions publicly rejected the draft labor agreement signed by striking oil workers in Colombia’s eastern Meta department and the petroleum company Pacific Rubiales, W Radio reported Tuesday. The Sindical Obrera Union (USO)...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Oct 11, 2011 | News
Relief agencies have uncovered the body of a 11-year-old girl missing since Friday near the Pacific port city Buenaventura, bringing the total dead from a Friday landslide up to four, Colombian media reported Monday. The girl’s...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Oct 10, 2011 | News
Seven Colombian soldiers were killed early Monday in an ambush allegedly committed by left-wing guerrilla organization FARC in the southwestern Cauca department. Soldiers of the Army’s 14th Brigade were travelling in a military...
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