Posted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 10, 2011 | News
Convicted Colombian “parapolitician” Juan Carlos Martinez could face extradition to the U.S after authorities announced he is being investigated for drug trafficking. The Colombian deputy director of the National...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 10, 2011 | News
A north Colombian gubernatorial candidate was shot in the leg Saturday while delivering a speech. Juan Francisco Gomez Cerchar, the Radical Change party’s frontrunner for the governor’s office in La Guajira, was...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 7, 2011 | Culture
Argentine rock hero Andres Calamaro on Friday expressed his desire for another Colombian tour. “Not a day goes by that I don’t deeply desire to return to Colombia,” the Argentine musician said in an interview...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 7, 2011 | News
Medellin adopted a new initiative on Friday that gives students free access to bicycles. Deputy Director of the city’s Mobility Office Martha Suarez said the purpose of this initiative is so “the community overcomes...
Read MorePosted by Tim Hinchliffe | Oct 7, 2011 | News
The Colombian army detained seven alleged members of the neo-paramilitary drug gang Los Rastrojos in the department of Choco on Thursday. Along with the seven detained, including one woman, troops seized four AK-47s, two M-16s,...
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