Colombian Coal Mine Blast: San Fernando Mine Explosion Kills Many

A Coal Mine Blast in Northwestern Colombia Has Killed At Least 16 With Many More Trapped and Feared Dead An explosion at the San Fernando mine, believed to have been caused by a buildup of methane gas reports the AP, occurred 10 hours ago, but already 16 have been declared...

Scopolamine: Vice TV Seeks Out the Devil's Breath

Scopolamine, or Burundanga: The Devil's Breath VBS.TV has a special feature on scopolamine, a Colombian drug purported to strip the user of his or her free will. Scopolamine (or burundanga, "the devil's breath")...

Fans riot at Metallica gig In Colombia, over 160 arrested

A riot has broken out in Bogota, Colombia during and after a Metallica concert. The police presencse was massive with at least 1500 police officers, four tanks and some police trucks at the gig. Police arrested 120...

Colombian Military Kills 18 FARC Rebels in Airstrikes

Bogota: The Colombian military killed 18 FARC rebels Friday in airstrikes on two guerrilla camps in the east-central province of Meta, Defense Minister Gabriel Silva said. Both camps were located in a rural area...

Bomb blast Kills 2 and Injures 20 in Bagota:Columbia

One more incident of bombing killing two and injuring several in the capital of columbia.The outlawed crimanal groups involved in group clash is the perpetrator of crime, although no one taken the resposibility yet.The two storeyed dbuilding collapsed in the incident."At...

Farc to free six hostages 'soon'

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) said it would be releasing six hostages shortly. Colombian Senator and International mediator, Piedad Cordoba, asked Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to...

3 army colonels fired in Colombia for killings

" BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombia's army chief fired three colonels on Friday in the case of 11 men who disappeared from a Bogota suburb and were found dead months later in a war zone hundreds of miles away. It...

VivAmerica, a Global Festival: Madrid, Tenerife, Bogota (October 6-12)

Starting Monday, October 6, the Spanish world on both sides of the Atlantic will celebrate the Christopher Columbus discoveries with the VivAmerica festival (Spanish language site). Events take place simultaneously in Madrid, Tenerife and Bogota.They cover all aspects of arts...

Kuwait: Boss refuses to hand over Colombian’s passport but officials help e...

" KUWAIT CITY, Sept 12: Imagine being in a place where your country has no diplomatic relations and unexpectedly find yourself in trouble with your employer... all because you refuse to hand over your passport. A Colombian national working for a car armoring company...

Rats and a cat bodyguard recruited to tackle Colombia's land mines

One often hears the expression 'I smell a rat' but in Columbia rats are being trained to use their sense of smell to sniff out land mines. If that's not amazing enough they also have a cat acting as their...

Venezuela captures politician wanted in Colombia

Colombian Senator Alvaro Araujo Noguera was detaineed in oppostion State of Zulia, Western Venezuela. The Chavez administration is expected to extradite him to Bogotá shortly. Araujo has been running from...

Colombian FARC insists on Humanitarian deal to release hostages.

Churuguara, Falcon State, Venezuela, 21 August 2008. It has emerged today, that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -FARC- have renewed its stand on the liberation of hostages. In a ANNCOL communique,...

Colombians celebrate independence day by calling for peace (updatd)

Caracas, Venezuela, 20 July 2008. Today, thousands of Colombians have gathered all over the world to celebrate their independence day. Bogotá Bolivar Square has been packed with demonstrators. Most notably,...

Brazilian President Lula da Silva visits Colombia (updated)

Updates: On 20 July 2008, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced his country would join the Security Council of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). This council was proposed by Venezuela and Brazil to draft a defence policy and...

Colombia Minister Fernando Araujo resigns

Caracas, Venezuela, 16 July 2008. Today, Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo resigned. The vacant post would be taken by former Colombian Ambassador to Argentina, Jaime Bermudez. The resignation comes as no...

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