Posted by Toni Peters | May 18, 2011 | News
Acting Bogota mayor maria Fernando Campo on Wednesday announced the suspension of the capital’s troubled metro project until at least June, but assured that this does not mean the end of the project. In a press conference,...
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One person was killed and 10 were injured after a landslide devastated a village in the north of Colombia, according to Colombian station Caracol Radio. Relief agencies said that an avalanche of mud and stones in San Vicente de...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | May 18, 2011 | News
A little, very cute, red rodent, not seen for 113 years turns up in a Colombian nature reserve alive and well, according to conservation NGO ProAves. The nocturnal Red-crested Tree Rat, walked up to two ProAves conservation...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | May 17, 2011 | News
Medical professionals and lawyers accused Colombian workplace insurance companies (ARPs) of illegally pocketing just under $550 million, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. According to the one of the complainants German Fernandez,...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | May 17, 2011 | News
A judge denies bail to a former secretary general of the Ministry of Agriculture who allegedly is involved in an agriculture subsidy corruption scandal. The judge decided that Juan David Ortega did not have the right to house...
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