Posted by Simon Willis | Oct 31, 2012 | Culture
The organizer of a Paul McCartney concert in Bogota faces a fine after the legendary British artist “broke the sound limit” during one of his concerts in the Colombian capital in April. The ex-Beatle is reported to...
Read MorePosted by Simon Willis | Oct 31, 2012 | zSports
A group of 60 young Colombians traveled to soccer-crazed England on Wednesday in pursuit of their dream of becoming professional soccer players. The ‘Grand Skills Final’ competition, organized by English club Bolton,...
Read MorePosted by Simon Willis | Oct 31, 2012 | News
Police in northeastern Colombia on Wednesday ruined Halloween for a man who was caught trafficking 300 plastic pumpkins containing marijuana. The 63-year-old suspect known as alias “El Mono” was arrested by police in the...
Read MorePosted by Simon Willis | Oct 30, 2012 | Caribbean
Tourism to the Colombian Caribbean is expected to increase next year with cruise ship passengers forecast to grow by 35%. For the dates October to May last year about 315,000 passengers visited the Colombian Caribbean with 7,000...
Read MorePosted by Simon Willis | Oct 30, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Congress on Tuesday opened a formal investigation into former President Alvaro Uribe over the 2004 bribery of congressmen to vote in favor of a constitutional amendment allowing the former head of state to run...
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