Posted by Victoria Rossi | Jul 20, 2012 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos thanked Colombia’s Armed Forces Friday in honor of the country’s 202nd Independence Day. “The freedom that we have today, we owe to these soldiers, these sailors, these pilots,...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Jul 20, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Supreme Court struck down a man’s land restitution claim after determining it to be false, local media reported Friday. The court’s criminal chamber refused to return the property of a man who said...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Jul 19, 2012 | News
Weeks after the military repressed a new violent upsurge in Medellin’s gang wars, locals say they’re more afraid than ever. A military occupation, ordered by the city’s mayor June 19 following a new outbreak of war between...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Jul 18, 2012 | Culture
This Independence Day, Colombian expatriates will leave their mark on New York to celebrate the birth of their country. Three fingerprints stamped together in the shape of a heart — colored red, blue and yellow in honor of...
Read MorePosted by Victoria Rossi | Jul 18, 2012 | News
Colombia’s highest administrative court declared Senator Juan Lozano innocent of influence peddling during his time as head of the country’s U Party, local media reported Wednesday. Lozano, who left his post as director of the...
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