Posted by Stephen Manker | Jun 15, 2011 | News
Human rights leaders have said they continue to receive death threats from gangs and are calling on the Colombian government for protection. The latest threat was sent by the “Aguilas Negras,” or “Black...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Manker | Jun 14, 2011 | News
Bucaramanga, the capital of the north-central Colombian department of Santander, was hit by two earthquakes Tuesday. Colombia’s Institute of Mines and Minerology (Ingeominas) reported the first earthquake at 12:55PM. The...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Manker | Jun 14, 2011 | News
Former DAS Director Maria del Pilar Hurtado was asked Tuesday to submit a testimony to a Colombian investigation team regarding the Uribe wiretap scandal. Hurtado fled Colombia in 2010 and was subsequently granted political...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Manker | Jun 14, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office has asked to revoke the 30-year conviction of Colonel Alfonso Plazas Vega, after a key witness in the Palace of Justice case asserted that his testimony was supplanted and...
Read MorePosted by Stephen Manker | Jun 14, 2011 | zSports
Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo is the only Latin American tennis player to make it past the first round in the UNICEF Open. Giraldo advanced to the second round after beating American Michael Russell 7-6 and 6-3 in 91...
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