Posted by Victoria Rossi | Jun 4, 2012 | News
Colombian authorities dismantled two cocaine processing labs allegedly run by the FARC, local media reported Monday. The two plants had produced about 10,000 pounds of cocaine each month, most likely bringing in around $550,000...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Jun 1, 2012 | News
More than 600 people near Colombia’s pacific coast have fled their homes to avoid fighting between army and paramilitary troops, an indigenous rights group said Friday. Most of the displaced members of the Embera Chami...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Jun 1, 2012 | News
Colombia’s rainy season, which began in March ends mid-June, has left 55 dead, 53 wounded and 11 missing, Colombia media reported Friday. More than 180,000 people have been affected by the first of the country’s two...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | May 31, 2012 | News
The Venezuelan government has found no evidence of illegal armed groups near its border with Colombia, Venezuela’s minister of the interior told reporters Thursday. “We’ve looked into it, and we’ve found...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | May 31, 2012 | Cali
Colombia’s salsa capital will put on its pointe shoes this week, with the city’s sixth International Ballet Festival set to begin June 3. This year’s event, lasting from June 3-10 in Cali, will draw 146 artists...
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