Posted by Simon Willis | Dec 20, 2012 | News
Colombia is a safer place to live than a year ago, according to Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos. During a speech given to the Metropolitan Police of Popayan, in the southwestern department of Cauca, Santos said that the...
Read MorePosted by Simon Willis | Dec 20, 2012 | zSports
Colombia’s gold medal-winning BMX rider, Mariana Pajon, received yet another award, as she is named one of the ‘best athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean’ for 2012. Pajon shot to fame when she won Colombia’s only...
Read MorePosted by Simon Willis | Dec 19, 2012 | News
A $54 million environmental protection grant was approved on Wednesday as part the Colombia government’s ongoing “conservation, restoration, and ecological education program,” reported local media. The Regional...
Read MorePosted by Simon Willis | Dec 19, 2012 | War and peace
Following three days of rest, the Colombian government and the country’s largest guerrilla group, FARC, on Wednesday began a month-long dialogue as they attempt to push the peace process along. Agricultural reform remained...
Read MorePosted by Simon Willis | Dec 19, 2012 | War and peace
The fate of Colombia rests on the solution to land and territory disputes, said FARC on Tuesday. In a statement delivered from Havana, Cuba, FARC’s chief negotiator Ivan Marquez said that “there is nothing more vital to us than...
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