Posted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 27, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos invited Thursday the future politicians of Sunday’s upcoming elections to “persevere in the fight against corruption.” During a presentation in Bogota of the book...
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The Criminal Chamber of Bogota’s Superior Court ordered the Colombian Army on Thursday to issue a public apology for murdering a family of six, including one infant, in Cajamarca in 2004. The court ruled that the statement...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 27, 2011 | Economy
Extensive tracts of the Amazon rainforest were declared National Security Zones by Colombia’s Institute of Geology and Mining (Ingeominas) on Thursday in an attempt to control mining operations. Oscar Paredes, the...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 27, 2011 | zSports
Colombia won seven gold medals on Wednesday at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico bringing the total up to 18. The Colombian athletes won two golds in sprinting, two in skating, two in weightlifting, and one in...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 26, 2011 | News
A meeting between the foreign ministers of Colombia and Venezuela Monday was “successful,” Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday. Talking to press in Caracas, Chavez announced that his and the Colombian...
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