Posted by Toni Peters | Jan 12, 2012 | Culture
Medellin music collective Son Bata set sail for the star-spangled streets of Los Angeles to take part in reality show Q’ Viva! The Chosen, reported newspaper El Colombiano Thursday. Almost all the members of the...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 12, 2012 | News
Retired army general and former diplomat Mario Montoya has denied any links to paramilitary groups during questioning at Colombia’s Supreme Court, Colombian media reported Thursday. During the three-hour questioning...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 12, 2012 | News
The president of Colombia’s Polo Democratic party has criticized the government’s handling of last week’s siege of the north of the country by neo-paramilitaries “Los Urabeños.” Jaime Dussan...
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A Bogota judge has offered to suspend extortion charges against a former official if he testifies against jailed former mayor, Samuel Moreno. Legal action against Inocencio Melendez Julio, the former deputy legal director of the...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 11, 2012 | Economy
Canadian mining company Gran Colombia Gold has announced a $2 million investment in the department of Caldas, to aid with the relocation of the town of Marmato in order to build an open pit gold mine. Gran Colombia Gold, the...
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