Posted by Victoria Rossi | Jun 29, 2012 | News
More than 20 Bogota tourist businesses have signed onto “The Code,” a UNICEF-backed initiative that trains employees to spot signs of child prostitution and report it, the city’s highest tourism official said...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Jun 29, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has approved the government proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cocaine and marijuana for personal use, Colombia media reported Friday. Anyone caught with less than...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Jun 27, 2012 | Culture
A new Colombian action film called “La Lectora,” or “The Reader,” will hit theaters August 17, El Espectador newspaper reported Wednesday. Directed by Riccardo Gabrielli, the movie’s trailer starts...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Jun 25, 2012 | News
Colombian security experts met with the president of Honduras Monday to help clean up the country’s corrupt police force, Latin American media reported. The group of experts, led by the famed ex-director of police, Rosso...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Jun 22, 2012 | News
Bogota will add 3,500 officers to its police force in order to reduce crime in the city, government officials announced Friday. Drawn from police academies throughout the country, the new recruits will go to 90 patrol stations...
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