Posted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 26, 2011 | zSports
Colombian weightlifter Mercedes Isabel Perez won the gold medal Wednesday in the women’s 152 pound division at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Perez lifted a combined total of 511 pounds; 222 in the snatch...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 26, 2011 | News
Cali Cartel leader Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela was the first person to hear of Pablo Escobar’s death in 1993, the now-defunct cartel’s former head of security revealed Wednesday. Jorge Salcedo, “the man who...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 26, 2011 | News
The Medellin Mayor’s Office continued Tuesday to accuse mayoral candidate Luis Perez of using criminal gangs to coerce voters, despite an ongoing investigation against Mayor Alonso Salazar for trying to interfere in the...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 25, 2011 | News
Medellin Mayor Alonso Salazar was accused Tuesday of slandering one of the city’s mayoral candidates in order to influence elections. According to Colombia’s Inspector General, Salazar delivered pictures and...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 25, 2011 | Caribbean
Colombia’s government rejected Tuesday the proposal to build a seven-star mega-hotel in Tayrona National Park. The project was scrapped after a meeting between President Juan Manuel Santos and Environment Minister Frank...
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