Joe Parkin Daniels NYTIMES.COM BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A wave of bombings carried out against police stations this weekend has rocked Colombia’s Caribbean coast, with three attacks within 24 hours killing seven officers and wounding dozens more. The violence began in the early morning hours Saturday when two people on a motorcycle threw an explosive device […]
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The authorities are investigating the robbery of the two foreigners and the murder of the Cuban citizen. Medellin – Burundanga Attack elmundo.com (machine translated) – The Cuban engineer identified as Víctor Ignacio Cuerdo, 49, died in Medellín after suffering an overdose of scopolamine together with a friend and partner, identified as Óscar Cruz, a […]
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INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – A GREAT REFERENCE BOOK May 2, 2017 thenewdaily.com.au – The purchase of a last-minute airline ticket in Hong Kong rang alarm bells among US drug agencies, which led to the arrest of Australian woman Cassandra Sainsbury in Colombia on drugs charges. The Australian newspaper has reported that the ticket, bought by […]
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theconversation.com / As Colombia’s 50-year armed conflict enters a post-conflict phase, the country is having to face up to the toll it took on millions of lives. There are more than 8m registered victims, and today, Colombia is host to 7.4m internally displaced people – more than anywhere else in the world. Atrocities were committed […]
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INTERMEDIATE / ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – AN INDISPENSABLE REFERENCE GUIDE bucaramanga.extra.com.co (machine translated) A tourist of Belgian origin was run over in San Gil, Santander Thursday, September 7, 2017 Coiled in traffic accident a tourist of Belgian origin in San Gil. The woman has been identified as Siegrun Mayaert. The mishap occurred around 6:05 pm […]
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Euronews/Reuters NORTHWESTERN JUNGLES, Colombia By Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta – Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group said a Russian-Armenian citizen it held hostage for six months was killed in April while trying to escape, a startling admission that risks throwing current peace talks with the government into jeopardy. In a rare interview, a commander of […]
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number of foreigners seeking to enter Ecuador, from Colombia, increased in Rumichaca El Comercio / The Migration Office of Ecuador, located on the International Bridge of Rumichaca, on the border with Colombia, increased from 6 to 13 windows of attention to the public. This seeks to expedite the procedures of the growing number of foreign […]
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According to the complaint of the Spanish citizen, she and her boyfriend, of Argentine nationality, entered Colombia as ‘backpackers’ on the border with Ecuador. By: Digital Editorial BLU Radio A woman, of Spanish nationality, denounced having been a victim of sexual abuse in the sector known as Playa Blanca, in the city of Cartagena. According […]
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INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK eldiario.ec/EFE”Avianca will no longer operate the Bogota-Caracas-Bogotá (two daily flights) and Lima-Caracas-Lima (one daily flights) flights starting Wednesday, August 16, 2017, when the last flights between These cities, “the company said in a statement. The company added that this decision was taken after a meeting held in […]
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32 MURDERS A DAY eldiario.ec /(machine translated) affected by the lack of job opportunities, José traveled with his family from Haycopungo, north of Otavalo, to Colombia. He was selling clothes and crafts. Carmen was in the eighth month of pregnancy and therefore planned to return to Ecuador to give birth in Otavalo. Jose had told […]
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minuto30.com / In the afternoon hours of Saturday, July 22, the corpse of a US citizen was found in a house in the San Joaquin neighborhood. According to preliminary information, the man, who was 68 years old, had arrived at that residence last Thursday, and precisely since that day at night, they had no report […]
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miamiherald.com/Carol Rosenberg reported three married U.S. Marine officers have found themselves under investigation for a night in February that went off the rails in Bogotá, involving allegations they went drinking with some local women, were slipped illicit drugs, robbed of U.S. property and landed in a local hospital emergency room. The men may have fallen […]
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INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK efe.com reported: Colombia’s ELN guerrilla group announced Friday the release of two Dutch journalists kidnapped by the rebels last weekend. “We advise that the two foreigners captured by the ELN in Catatumbo were released in perfect condition,” the Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional (National Liberation Army) said on […]
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Captured thieves who had whipped tourists from Baru, Bolivar hsbnoticias.com (Machine Translated) In operatives deployed in Tierra Bomba and neighboring corregimientos, two suspected criminals of several criminal actions that have affected tourist establishments and visitors, were captured by units of the Metropolitan Police of Cartagena. In an operation of persecution deployed between the sectors La […]
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TOURISTS FROM CANADA, ARGENTINA, ECUADOR RIPPED OFF OF THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS ON BEACH IN COLOMBIA, THEN THIEVES CONTACT THEM DEMANDING PAYMENT FOR RETURN OF THEIR ITEMS. TWO MEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. cablenoticias.tv / Authorities seized two men when they received from four Ecuadorian, Argentine and Canadian tourists the money they demanded to return the belongings […]
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Víctor Gómez/ELUNIVERSO.COM Ecuador on alert for foot and mouth deisease after cases reported in COlombiavwaa8boj.jpg Ecuador will intensify the control of the sanitary guide of cattle mobilization, added the county director zone 1 of Agrocalidad. Sucumbíos – Ecuador has put itself on alert and takes preventive measures to avoid a possible contagion of foot-and-mouth disease […]
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Colombia: At least 9 dead after sinking ship carrying 170 tourists INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK diariocorreo.pe Nine people were killed and 28 people missing after the wreck of the “El Almirante” tourist boat, which occurred in the Guatapé reservoir, about 80 kilometers northwest of Medellín, according to official sources. “Initially 99 […]
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insightcrime.org/Tristan Clavel Authorities in Colombia dismantled a cocaine processing laboratory in the department of Putumayo along the border with Ecuador, a further indication that dissident elements of the demobilizing FARC guerrilla group are maintaining operations in this traditional trafficking hub. INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK The head of Colombia’s anti-narcotic police, General […]
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INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK French expat one of the dead abc.net.au / Three people are dead after a powerful bomb blast rocked one of the busiest shopping centres in Colombia’s capital, Bogota. A powerful explosive device detonated in a women’s bathroom The shopping centre had tough security measures in place Authorities […]
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dialogo-americas.com / Explosives Found on Colombia-Ecuador Border The illegal importation of explosives and ammunition between Colombia and Ecuador is one of the main topics of the binational defense agenda. In a March 21st operation against drug trafficking, the Colombian Army’s Pegaso Task Force found an illegal cache of 600 homemade 81 mm cartridges in the […]
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Pablo Escobar from Ecuador semana.com (machine translated) This is the incredible story of a man who went from being a boatman to becoming a megacapo who in two years exported 250 tons of drug and to which they have found him 20 million dollars in caletas. For several years now, the drug trade in Colombia […]
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Colombia: Shocking Video of Nurses Dancing in front of patient awaiting Surgery In an amateur video, allegedly recorded from inside the Santa Cruz de Bocagrande clinic in Cartagena, it was recorded the moment when four nurses from the care center dance to the rhythm of carnival music while they douse a patient with iodine, in […]
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In an amateur video, allegedly recorded from inside the Santa Cruz de Bocagrande clinic in Cartagena, it was recorded the moment when four nurses from the care center dance to the rhythm of carnival music while they douse a patient with iodine, in preparation of surgery. INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK
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redaccionmedica.ec reported a group of experts from the Program for the Study and Control of Tropical Diseases (Pecet) of the University of Antioquia, will release in ten communes of the Municipality of Bello (limits with Medellín), mosquitoes with wolbachia , a bacterium that inhibits the transmission of the virus Dengue, zika and chikungunya. INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED […]
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The Guardian -guardian.com/ Violence is spreading particularly fast in areas abandoned by guerrillas under the peace deal because the promised state security forces have not arrived. There is little clarity about who is behind the killings, but areas once held by guerrillas are often places where illegal mining or farming of coca – the raw […]
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rcnradio.com (feb. 3. 2017)-machine translated- reported (machine translated)Franciscus Antonio, a Dutch tourist, who had been lost since last Thursday night, was finally found by the agencies of Socorro. Major Fernando Vélez, commander of the Civil Defense in Boyacá, indicated that the tourist was found in the municipality of Chiquiza, and once they met with the […]
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bbc.com reported officials said people are fleeing because illegal armed groups are trying to take over the mining and cocaine trade which had provided the Farc with an income. Norte de Santander has emerged as the country’s main hub for coca cultivation. Last week peasant farmer organisations in the region around Catatumbo blocked the demobilisation […]
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Six Ecuadorians detained in southern Colombia with 1.5 tons of cocaine eluniverso.com reported Colombian agents seized 1.5 tons of cocaine and arrested six Ecuadorians allegedly linked to dissidents from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country’s defense minister said Wednesday. THINKING OF MOVING TO ECUADOR – THIS IS ONE BOOK THAT IS A […]
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INTERMEDIATE ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK caracol.com.co/ Rafael Pardo pointed out that this is a reality that must be interpreted as a commitment by the guerrillas to abandon their armed struggle and dedicate themselves as any Colombian to having a family and a job . “This is certainly a good symptom, women who […]
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rcnradio.com REPORTED in an articulated work of the Dijin Judicial Police and the basic criminal investigation unit of the Special Police District Tumaco, they managed to seize 486 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride, 03 shotguns, 01 bulletproof vest and the capture of one person. ….. At the scene, the 47-year-old Ricardo Ramirez captured the flagrante delicto, […]
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andes.info.ec / The body of an Ecuadorian tourist who disappeared in December in a wreck in the Caribbean of Colombia was found “after 18 days of uninterrupted search operations,” reported the Colombian National Navy. Marina Izurieta had been reported missing on December 20 when the passenger boat “Gente de Mar III”, which was heading for […]
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Internationalliving.com/cnbc.com Annual Ranking 1. Mexico has always offered arguably the easiest transition to expat life around: Low-cost, conveniently close, friendly locals and plenty of expats—Mexico offers an appealing balance of exotic foreign culture and familiar First-World lifestyle. Over recent years, crime and insecurity across the border have made headlines—and yes, there are parts of Mexico […]
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fiscalia.gov.co reported capture ofalleged band members of cell phone thieves selling the devices in Colombia and Ecuador Richard Johan Burbano, Gustavo Adolfo Cagua and John Jairo Cardozo were sent with an assurance measure to the prison of Rivera (Huila) as alleged members of a criminal organization dedicated to commercializing stolen cell phones. The three people, […]
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eltelegrafo.com reported a tourist from Ecuador is missing after the boat she was in sank in Colombia’s Caribbean waters. The woman was traveling to the Rosario Islands, which is a tourist destination for many and 45 minutes from Cartegena, Colombia. There were 39 other people of different nationalities on board the boat. The vessel, hit […]
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rt.com reported aharter aircraft carrying 72 people went down during flight from Bolivia to Medellin’s international airport. A plane carrying Brazil’s Chapecoense football team has crashed in Colombia, reportedly killing some of the passengers on board. At least 10 people have been evacuated from the scene and taken to local hospitals. The plane crashed due […]
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miamiherald.com reported / Jim Wyss Hugo Cuellar was walking home from the wake of a murdered colleague with his young daughters last weekend when he was approached by two men on a motorcycle. Without saying a word, they shot the 50-year-old community leader in the stomach and fled. Although the bullet ripped through Cuellar’s pancreas […]
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JAPANESE TOURIST SHOT TO DEATH BY TWO GUNMEN, TOURIST JUST ARRIVED IN MEDELLIN WAS LOOKING FOR A panadería, THE TOURIST WAS 22 YEARS OLD. Sunday, November 20, 2016 – 15:27 hsbnoticias.com reported according to information provided by the Ministry of Security of the city, the victim was identified as Izaki Ryo 22 years who was […]
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mcclatchydc.com/Tim Johnson reported Wikileaks said Tuesday that Secretary of State John Kerry asked Ecuador to stop WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, from publishing leaked emails that could disrupt peace negotiations with a guerrilla group in Colombia. Assange, who has been in refuge in Ecuador’s embassy in London for more than four years, saw his access to […]
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DO YOU RESEARCH CRIME, TERRORISM, MARCO-TRAFFICKING? THIS IS ONE OSINT TOOL YOU NEED? GET THE BOOK Dismantled laboratory that produced 1,000 kilos of cocaine per month Operating developed in Antioquia 15,000 grams of coca base seized crystallization process. caracol.com.co reported for information citizenship in Antioquia police he managed to dismantle a laboratory that processed per […]
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Joshua Keating / Colombian voters shocked the world over the weekend by rejecting a landmark peace deal between their government and the FARC guerrillas, which would have formally ended a 52-year civil war that has killed more than 220,000 people. Read Article
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FROM WIKILEAKS.ORG COLOMBIAN MILITARY FIRE LEAVES TWO DEAD Date: 2006 October 19, 20:57 (Thursday) Canonical ID: 06QUITO2557_a 1. (C) Summary: Ecuadorian military officials on October 19 confirmed that two Ecuadorian civilians were killed by Colombian military gunfire on October 15 while traveling in a canoe with FARC rebels on the San Miguel River. Foreign Minister […]
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By: Julián Villabona Galarza / Despite the deal reached between the Colombian government and the Marxist FARC guerrilla to lay down arms, there is a new cause of concern: what the several other criminal groups that operate in the country will do faced with such a power vacuum. The famous rebel group has been responsible […]
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INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY The man who led the Colombian government to a peace deal with the country’s main leftist rebel group has warned that if the public vote against the deal, it could take 10 years before new negotiations are started. Humberto de la Calle spent four years negotiating with the Farc in […]
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Terrorism outsourced: the FARC’s criminal alliances Millán Sánchez, Marco A. Abstract Colombia has been in the midst of peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) since 2011. This process could follow the trend in attempted resolutions of other internal armed conflicts in Latin American countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua. […]
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elpais.com.co reported the Attorney General’s Office, Alejandro Ordóñez, asked the Minister of Health, Alejandro Gaviria, declaring the social and health emergency by the crisis that was generated in Bogota by the situation of homeless people who have nowhere to settle after Bronx called intervention. ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK This was asked Ordóñez […]
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theguardian.com reported after four years of negotiating, the deal will be signed Wednesday evening in Havana, kicking off what promises to be a frenzied campaign to ratify it Colombia’s government and leftwing Farc rebels have reached a final and comprehensive peace deal to end the country’s 52-year war that has left more than 220,000 people […]
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pulzo.com reported with an average temperature of 16.67 ° C in the earth ‘s surface and oceans of the earth, July 2016 was the hottest month since 1880, when records began, says NOAA . The figure exceeds the average 0.87 ° C of the 20th century. July 2016 also recorded another record: it is the […]
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Fernando Medina August 9, 2016 / Elcomercio.com He was kidnapped in the Ecuadorian jungle for 20 days. His captors were presented as members of the so – called “guerrilla ecuatoriana”, a group that for a month frightens border communities of Sucumbios. Victor M. is 66 years old and since it was released has not returned […]
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People worried about an alleged armed group canton of Sucumbios ILLEGAL GROUP CALLS THEMSELVES(M.R.A. Comuneros del Ecuador) Eluniverso.com reported the bombing at a shop of Puerto El Carmen de Putumayo, occurred early Friday, it publishes a fact that a few months ago has been rumored in Ecuadorian rural communities in the border with Colombia on […]
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INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED SPANISH VOCABULARY – READ THIS BOOK panamapost.com reported after a group of taxi drivers turned aggressive toward a driver suspected of working for Uber, the taxi union in Bogotá, Colombia has announced prices for cab fare will rise. Several taxi drivers beat a man driving a special service van July 31. The white vans […]
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To start Begin your perfect day in Bogota trying something typical. Feel like a local and go to this lovely restaurant Pasteleria Florida on the 7th Avenue (Septima), where a lot of Colombians prefer to have breakfast with the whole family. I already told you about typical and the most delicious Colombian street food, and […]
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dailymail.co.uk reported: Colombian authorities say they’ve made the biggest cocaine seizure in the history of a country long plagued by traffic in the drug. The National Police agency said Sunday that 50 commandos backed by helicopters seized about 8 tons of cocaine on a banana plantation in the northwestern department of Antioquia. It said the […]
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GENEVA, May 13 (UNHCR) – Armed clashes between illegal groups fighting for territory in western Colombia are driving a growing number of mostly Afro-Caribbean and indigenous peoples from their homes in Chocó department, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has warned. In the past two months alone, more than 6,000 people have fled the fighting, as […]
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telegraph.co.uk reported Colombian police have in the past 48 hours found two home-made submarines in their waters, used by drug traffickers to move cocaine up to the United States. On Friday they announced the discovery of a 45-foot semi-submersible craft off the coast of Candelilla de la Mar, in the far south, close to the […]
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(CNN Spanish)cnnespaonol.cnn.com reported – Speaking to the media, the president of Panama Juan Carlos Varela said that as part of Operation Shield in the framework of the fight against drug trafficking would close the border with Colombia. Varela said that increased drug production in neighboring countries was a threat against Panama and added that although […]
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Concern for breach of protocols rescue survivors in Ecuador elpais.com.co reported in an interview with Caracol Radio, the captain said that heavy machinery is being used in areas where relief agencies work, which could lead to a destabilization of the ground. “We have asked our teams will continue their discipline defending the areas where crashes […]
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wradio.com.co reported Colombian police, together with the Ecuadorian authorities seized 230 kilos of cocaine in the city of Guayaquil in Ecuador, in an operation that left two Ecuadoreans and Colombian captured. Dijin said: “The operation, coordinated from Bogota, allowed the National Police of Ecuador capture three people when a vehicle carrying 230 kilograms of cocaine.” […]
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eluniverso.com reported: Jose Betancur was charging his cell phone to call his native Colombia when Manta, Ecuador’s Pacific town, began to tremble. As a survivor of the earthquake that shook the Colombian coffee axis in 1999, he only thought of running. “We never thought this would happen. I was with my oldest daughter, 13, and […]
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entornointeligente.com reported seven Colombians have been declared dead as a result of the earthquake last Saturday in Ecuador already left 350 dead, according to the Foreign Ministry. According to the latest report in paragraph #ColombianosEnEcuador also it highlights that have made 139 tracing requests, of which 64 have been resolved and have yet to find […]
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theguardian.com reported Colombia has opened a new front in its quest to end half a century of war, with the announcement of a formal peace process with the country’s second-largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army, or ELN. In an announcement made in Caracas, the Colombian government and leaders of the ELN said that they […]
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panampost.com reported Colombia’s new Minister of Mines and Energy of Colombia, Maria Lorena Gutiérrez, said that there will be power cuts in the country in two weeks time if energy savings don’t reach between 5 percent and 10 percent of current consumption levels. Gutiérrez also said that a failure to regulate energy consumption has brought […]
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colombiareports.com reported more than 5,000 pregnant Colombian women are infected with the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the country’s national health institute said on Saturday, as the disease continues its rapid spread across the Americas. Cases of the virus total 31,555, the institute said in a epidemiology bulletin, among them 5,013 pregnant women. Zika, which has spread […]
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INVASIVE COBIA SPREADS TO PANAMA smithsonianscience.si.edu reported Cobia, a promising fish for aquaculture, lives throughout the world’s oceans except in the Central and Eastern Pacific. In August 2015, a large number of young fish escaped from offshore cages in Ecuador. Cobia have recently been reported from the Colombian and Panamanian Pacific coast, indicating their rapid […]
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bbc.com reported Colombia’s prosecutor general, Alejandro Ordonez, says he will open a “disciplinary investigation” against the country’s chief of police, Gen Rodolfo Palomino. Mr Ordonez said Gen Palomino would be investigated over the alleged creation of a male prostitution ring. The general is also under investigation for alleged illicit enrichment and conducting illegal wiretaps. Gen […]
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bbc.com/Natalio Cosoy reported….At 35, Natalia Ponce de Leon is an expressive woman, with the vivid eyes of a person who once thought that she would lose her sight. Her mother’s home, where Natalia lives, is usually in half-light, because sunlight is not good for burns. She suffered them twice – serious ones. When she was […]
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Washingtonpost.com report – 2015 Since before the conquistadors, men have dug for emeralds in the soil of this steep-walled jungle valley. The gemstone bounty found here fueled the empire of Victor Carranza, the feared billionaire “emerald czar” who vanquished his rivals in bloody battles that left some 6,000 dead. Now all that Burgess could see […]
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Nick Miroff/Washingtonpost.com reported many of the guerrillas in the photos appear to be female. This is not news to Colombians, but the images were striking nonetheless…….The officers I spoke to explained that FARC has long incorporated women into its ranks. Having a mixed-gender army helped keep rebel soldiers on the battlefield longer, warding off potential […]
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Colombia announced Saturday that more than 2,000 pregnant women have been infected with Zika, amid growing concern about the spread of the virus suspected of causing irreversible brain damage in newborns. The National Health Institute reported that Colombia now has 20,297 cases of Zika infection, including 2,116 in expectant mothers. The latest numbers, reported in […]
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telegraph.co.uk/AFP reported… Zika virus: women in Colombia, Ecuador and El Salvador advised to postpone pregnancy Recommendation made by countries’ health ministers after sharp increase in babies born with brain defects in Brazil as US extends travel warning for pregnant women Alarm over thousands of birth defects blamed on the mosquito-borne Zika virus spread on Friday […]
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reuters.com reported a more acute crude price slump this month has put several South American countries in the difficult position of selling oil for less than what it costs to produce, according to traders and sources at three companies in Colombia and Venezuela. So far, the most affected crudes are blends formulated with naphtha and […]
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gringos.com Colombia Forum – expat15 stated “BanColombia took $954.00 dollars today which was half of the Provisional Credit which I had just received about four hours earlier. I suspect they would have taken the other half tomorrow if I hadn’t moved it to my brokerage account. They have been sweeping my account every day since […]
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metroecuador.com.ec This video has paralyzed social networks. This is the time when this young woman after discovering her husband with her lover plant middle of the street to prevent women escape in his car, while insults. However, his jealous scene led to star the first viral 2016 and generate a congestion, so had to intervene […]
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rcnradio.com reported Maritime authorities alerted tourists to this time of year to visit the islands of San Andres and Providencia, due to the high waves that exist in the Caribbean Sea. The commander of the Specific Command of San Andres and Providencia, Admiral Andres Vasquez, said that near the island have been presented trade winds […]
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This criminal organization was led by alias ‘German’, who also was engaged to collect extortion and arms trafficking in the localities of Kennedy, Tunjuelito, South San Cristobal, Puente Aranda and Bosa. The Head of the Narcotics Group Dijin greater Villarte Marcel Ricardo said that this action was seized drugs which were marketed by children and […]
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rcnradio.com reported the National Police revealed that the Group attached units against nuclear, biological, chemical and radioactive threats Dijin identified a company in the town of Engativá in which it was stored radioactive material without authorization as Iridium 192 and depleted uranium. The soldiers moved to a house in that area of the city and […]
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rcnradio.com reported the Attorney General’s Office reported the capture of the last 5 members of the criminal organization known as ‘The Canaries’ “Los Canarios” who used to ride the millionaire(kidnap Express) committing capital. Bogota This was said Patricia Conejo Mery, director of the Specialized Police Organized Crime who said that these new arrests are now […]
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bbc.com reported Colombian men are much more likely than any of their regional neighbours to get their hands and/or feet done. According to the survey, more than 27% of Colombians get manicures, while only 14% of Brazilians, 11% of Mexicans, 9% of Argentines and 5% of Chileans are likely to do so. Fabian Ojeda of […]
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Rare Beautiful Landscapes in South America GearJunkie.com reported: 1) Cerro Castillo, Chile 2) Eduardo Abaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve, Bolivia 3) Vinicunca, Peru 4) Pailon del Diablo, Ecuador 5) Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, Brazil 6) Huacachina, Peru 7) Humahuaca and Purmamarca, Argentina 8) Cocora Valley, Colombia 9) Villa O’Higgins, Chile 10) Valle de Muerte, Chile […]
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telegraph.co.uk reported Spain arrests man for performing forced abortions on Colombian rebels Spanish police arrest a man accused of performing more than 500 forced abortions on female Farc fighters in Colombia. The man, known as “The Nurse” and described by Spanish police in a statement as an ex-fighter himself, was detained in Madrid. The police […]
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presstv.ir reported police in Colombia have detained a family of four that were together carrying in their stomachs over three kilograms of cocaine and heroin worth up to USD 100,000. In a statement released on Monday, police said the suspects had been arrested the previous day at the Cucuta airport, near the border with Venezuela, […]
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foxnews.com/ap (Sept 2015) reported an American tourist has been shot to death in Colombia during an apparent robbery attempt after leaving his hotel in a wealthy enclave of Medellin. Police say a 65-year-old New Yorker identified as John Mariani was assaulted Friday night when the taxi he was traveling was intercepted by gunmen in a […]
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bbc.com reported Colombia’s Senate has passed a law which will impose harsher sentences on people who have committed acid attacks. Anyone convicted of harming another with a chemical agent will now serve between 12 and 50 years in prison. In Colombia, an estimated 100 people per year are attacked with acid, but so far only […]
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telesurtv.net reported Ecuadorean authorities announced Tuesday plans to destroy hundreds of weapons seized during anti-smuggling operations over the past year. Over 200 illegal firearms and more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition will be destroyed by the military by the end of the month, state media has reported. Over 1,000 weapon accessories will also be destroyed, […]
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elcomercio.com reported the authorities of Colombia dismantled in Caqueta (south) and Nariño (southwest) a network dedicated to trafficking operating in the Colombian Pacific and Ecuador, reported today, November 23, 2015, police said. The organization moved by deception to Florence, capital of Caqueta department, to underage girls who promised to join the “Summer Girl” competition taking […]
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freebeacon.com reported, the Clinton Foundation’s Colombia-based investment company was not registered as a private equity fund in the country, which may have allowed it to avoid certain industry regulations and oversight from the Colombian government. Although Fondo Acceso described itself as a “Private Equity Fund” in company promotional materials and business presentations, it is not […]
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eldiario.ec/ reported… At Sakhadi Seham, terrorist alleged that ravaged Paris, he spent six months in Ecuador before attack on Paris. One of the people being investigated for having participated in the string of bombings that hit Paris on November 13 left Bogota in July bound for the French capital and bribed immigration officials to leave […]
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telegraph.co.uk/Harriet Alexander reported Colombia overtakes Peru to be the world’s largest producer of cocaine President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia has appealed to America for help in eradicating coca crops after Colombia returned to the top of the world-producing table . Colombia has overtaken Peru to be the world’s largest producer of cocaine, according to […]
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bbc.com reported Colombia has said that two Venezuelan military jets entered its airspace without warning or authorisation. The planes encroached into Colombian airspace twice on Saturday morning, according to the defence ministry. They reportedly flew over a border military base in the Alta Guajira region before returning to Venezuela. Colombian officials have demanded an explanation […]
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catholicregister.org reported Carlos Leon and Carmen Barrera thought the worst was over when they escaped the death threats in Colombia. Caught between a gang of extortionists and the owner of the property where he was working as a construction foreman, they left on a plane with their twin daughters, each carrying little more than a […]
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yahoo.com/AP reported…Human rights activists say it could be the biggest mass grave ever in Colombia and the dig represents a glimmer of hope that justice will be realized. But the search will be complicated. Despite more than a decade-long clamor by victims’ families that the landfill be closed and excavated, giant trucks have continued to […]
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ghanaweb.com reported five Ghanaian citizens, presumably illegal migrants traveling to the United States of America, were found dead on the Panamanian-Colombian border over the weekend. A farmer found their bodies washed up on the Turquesa River near Bajo Chiquito. The deceased were allegedly part of a larger group of 35 people fleeing from three separate […]
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usatoday.com reported a former co-CEO of an oil services firm on Monday pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe a Colombian oil official, handing a victory to U.S. prosecutors despite an embarrassing hiccup that temporarily threatened to upend the case. Former PetroTiger co-CEO Joseph Sigelman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act […]
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Some 400,000 people are without electricity after the rebels’ first attack since ending their unilateral cease-fire. An attack on infrastructure carried out Sunday by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as the FARC, has left Colombia’s main Pacific port city without electricity, the Colombian Military Forces reported. The FARC used explosives to knock out […]
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(BERNAMA-NNN-EFE) Reported that two hard drives containing confidential studies done by Spanish oil company Repsol were stolen from the National Hydrocarbons Agency, or ANH, headquarters, Colombian Energy and Mines Minister Tomas Gonzalez said Monday. The theft of the information was discovered on Friday and prosecutors were notified so they could open an investigation, Gonzalez told […]
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noticiascaracol.com reported itt is worth wondering where your car parked at this time, has criminals take advantage any time that you neglect to take it. Noticias Caracol arrived videos in where even during the day, at 8:00 a.m., take a car that is parked on the street while its owner bought something to eat. Theft […]
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scientificamererican.com reported… A Colombian university is providing regular workshops on brain basics and genetics to grade schoolers from families who face a high risk of developing Alzheimer’s in the prime of life from a rare genetic mutation. The “talleres” set up by the University of Antioquia in Medellin attempt to prepare these youngsters for the […]
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Authorities in Colombia have arrested 298 people in a nationwide operation against child sex offenders, prosecutors said. More than 1,180 arrest warrants were issued for the April 20-21 operation, and 298 people have been detained so far, the office of the country’s top prosecutor said. This year, authorities have received 11,729 reports of such crimes […]
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aljazeera.com reported more than 100 cases were reported last year in the South American country and nearly 1,000 in the past decade. Per capita, the country has one of the highest rates of acid attacks in the world, says Jaf Shah, ASTI’s executive director. The attacks in Colombia affect men and women: Of the 926 […]
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The chikungunya epidemic in the Americas continues to be fueled by activity in Colombia, which accounted for the vast majority of news suspected and confirmed cases reported by UN health agencies this week. The new total cases in the Western Hemisphere stands at 1,367,781 since the first cases were reported in the Caribbean in Dec. […]
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