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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
BOGOTA -- A Colombian court has convicted a retired army general of murder and sentenced him to 40 years in prison for his role in a notorious 1997 massacre by far-right militias.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may lose global influence by playing host to the Iranian leader, who is searching for new economic opportunities ahead of stiff sanctions the West has threatened. Reporting from Bogota, Colombia Borzou Daragahi, and Beirut -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives today in Brazil on a Latin American and African tour amid U.S. and domestic criticism that, by...
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Perhaps this week you heard news reports about Venezuela bombing a couple of bridges that connected it with Colombia , and have been wondering what all the tension is about. If so you should run to read this report in UK's The Independent about America's role (surprise!) in fomenting tension. (via Forexlive ) As it turns out, Colombia is basically our last surrogate state in Latin and South America....
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Bogota - Authorities confiscated counterfeit US bank notes totalling more than 2 million dollars in two operations in the city of Medellin, the Colombian Judicial Police said on the weekend. Agents seized more than 1 million counterfeit dollars sent ...
L.A. Times - Latin America Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Salvador, Brazil — Brazil’s President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday joined visiting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians. Bogota, Colombia — Six people, including two children, were killed when suspected Colombian FARC guerrillas stopped and set fire to a bus traveling in the south...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will not be provoked into armed conflict with Venezuela despite the neighboring country's aggressive rhetoric and its dynamiting of two cross-border pedestrian bridges, Colombia's defense minister said on Friday.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Tensions raised between two countries as troops dynamite rural walkways Venezuela claims are used by smugglers and militia Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the Andean neighbours. Soldiers destroyed the walkways because they were being used by illegal militia and drug traffickers, said Eusebio Aguero, an...
Extra Technology News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Organization serves as a melting-pot of discussion, debate and knowledge sharing among some of the world's most respected agencies. It's exciting to hear some of the most accomplished digital agencies in the business envision where the market is going, with input from both competitors and peers. San Francisco, CA ( PRWEB ) November 18, 2009 -- The Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) continues to expand...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Bogota - The Listara river in northeastern Colombia has suddenly disappeared into a geological fault, the authorities said in the town of San Andres. The mountain river was swallowed by the earth in a rural area about 800 metres away from the town ...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
BOGOTA — The chief of Colombia's secret police says a mob assaulted three of its agents as they tried to arrest a suspect with alleged guerrilla ties. DAS intelligence agency director Felipe Munoz says Ivan Danilo Alarcon, wanted for rebellion and drug trafficking, was detained near a university in the city of Cali.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia captured four members of the Venezuelan National Guard on Colombian soil and said on Saturday it would send them home in a bid to lower diplomatic tensions between the neighboring countries.
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Quito and Bogota have named charges d'affaires to restore diplomatic ties severed last year following an attack on a Colombian rebel base in Ecuador.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
BOGOTA -- A Colombian cooking school has concocted a "love dessert" made with passion fruit - and Viagra.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
They say Tuesday's massive blackout was inevitable given the nation's infrastructure woes. As many as 60 million people were left in the dark. Reporting from Bogota, Colombia, and Sao Paulo, Brazil -- The power outage in Brazil that left as many as 60 million people in darkness was the inevitable result of the country's failure to invest in infrastructure to keep pace with its economic and population...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia brought what it called threats of war from neighboring Venezuela to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday after Hugo Chavez, leader of the neighboring country, told his army to get ready to fight.
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