Posted by Tom Heyden | May 23, 2011 | News
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced that the La Niña phenomenon is approaching its end, although intensified storms in Colombia over the weekend affected 7,000 new victims. The latest La Niña episode, which...
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Colombia’s poorest 20 million people, almost half of the population, are at risk of being completely without health care in June because of a financial dispute between state health insurance companies and local...
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Colombia’s Anti-Narcotics Police have discovered and dismantled 26 cocaine laboratories in the southcentral Colombian department of Guaviare, El Espectador reported Sunday. The laboratories were all between small and...
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Colombia’s free trade agreement with Switzerland will enter into force from July 1, making the European nation the first developed country to sign such an agreement with Colombia. The treaty, ratified by the Colombian...
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A 13-year-old boy is in a serious condition after an explosive went off in the western Colombian department of Choco, Caracol Radio reported Sunday. Four children apparently came across the explosive device, believed to be a...
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