Colombia drug lord extradited to US

"  Brazil has extradited one of the most powerful leaders of Colombia's cocaine cartels to the United States, where he is wanted on racketeering and drug charges. Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia was flown before dawn on Friday from a prison in Mato Grosso do Sul state and...

7 die in Colombian rainstorm

Storms in Colombia have caused the death of 7 people. " Seven people including three children died in Colombia due to heavy rainfalls, according to Colombian rescue team Friday.     In Colombia's southwestern city Cali, one person and a four-year-old boy...

Two Clowns Shot Dead at Circus

This is the most surreal story I have heard all day. Must have been horrible for the audience as well."Two clowns were shot and killed by an unidentified gunman during their performance at a traveling circus in the eastern Colombian town of Cucuta, police said Wednesday. The...

Puerto está que arde/Buenaventura is too hot

"Buenaventura is a city of some 300,000 people, the most important port in the country (when the road to the interior isn't blacked by a mudslide, at least), located on the Pacific coast and home to mostly Afro-Colombians. The irony, of course, is that Buenaventura (or...

Colombia names first black military general

"BOGOTA, Colombia: For the first time in Colombia's history, a black officer has ascended to the rank of general. Now, he faces the difficult task of bring under control spiraling violence in the country's third largest city. Gen. Luis Alberto Moore had a star pinned on his...