Posted by Victoria Rossi | Aug 8, 2012 | Lite
New York’s Empire State building was lit up with the colors of Colombia’s flag Tuesday to celebrate its Olympic Participation. Colombia’s yellow, blue and red share the limelight with Latvia, Uzbekistan and Ethiopia, each of...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Aug 8, 2012 | News
Colombia’s prosecutor general said the country should revoke sentencing benefits for demobilized guerrilla and paramilitary fighters if they lied under oath about the crimes they committed, local media reported Wednesday....
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Aug 6, 2012 | News
Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos said Monday he repeats this mantra to himself everyday: “Don’t fight with Uribe, don’t fight with Uribe, don’t fight with Uribe.” President Juan Manuel Santos referred, of course, to the...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Aug 3, 2012 | News
The U.S. Coast Guard has seized almost two tons of cocaine from a Colombian drug cartel, local media reported Friday. The go-fast boat had left Colombia’s southwestern Cauca department and entered international waters,...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Aug 3, 2012 | News
Colombian police arrested nearly 3,400 people across the country as part of their “Olympic Security Marathon” week. The 8-day security spree, called the Olympic Security Marathon for reasons police did not explain,...
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