Posted by Sarah Kinosian | Aug 1, 2012 | zSports
Colombian athlete Yuri Alvear won a bronze medal in women’s Judo. Alvear, who won the world championship in 2009, did not make it to the final round in the under-70kg category after losing in the semifinals to France’s heavily...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Jul 31, 2012 | News
Since July 24 the number of acres affected by forest fires has more than doubled, local media reported Tuesday. According to reports from the National System of Emergencies, nearly 7,400 acres of farmland and forests have been...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Jul 31, 2012 | News
The former head of the investigative branch of Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office will be investigated over an alleged overcharge for vehicles when she was in office. The investigation will seek to determine if Carmen...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Jul 31, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office will charge 19 palm oil businesses after they allegedly met with paramiliatries and arranged for residents in the western department of Choco to be violently displaced from their...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Kinosian | Jul 30, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s comptroller is bringing the president of the country’s state-run oil company, Ecopetrol, and two company directors to trial over a pipeline rupture in 2011 in the northeastern department of Norte de Santander. The...
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