Posted by Toni Peters | Dec 22, 2011 | News
The first phase of Metroplus, the articulated bus network of the Metro de Medellin, goes into operation Thursday. Metro de Medellin, the only urban train network in Colombia, inaugurated Line 1 of Metroplus, which has lanes...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Dec 22, 2011 | News
Colombian authorities seize 675 pounds of crack cocaine destined for export to the United States in four separate hauls, Colombian media reported Thursday. The seizures were made on the roads between Neiva and Bogota, as well as...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Dec 22, 2011 | Lite
A Bogota woman has racked up a 32-strong collection of Christmas Nativity scenes, newspaper El Tiempo reported Thursday. Elizabeth Jimenez said “Forty-five years ago I made a promise to God that each year I would put up a...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Dec 22, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited Wednesday the location of a campaign to encourage members of the FARC and ELN rebel groups to demobilize before Christmas At the Tres Esquinas base in the department of Caqueta, in...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Dec 21, 2011 | News
According to the Colombian government’s winter rains charity, of the 4,280 works to repair the damage caused, only 15.6% or 668 have been completed, Colombian media reported Wednesday. Furthermore, at least 200 projects...
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