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Colombian rebels: French journalist to be freed The Associated Press Published May 28, 2012 12:15AM MDT BOGOTA, Colombia • Colombia’s main rebel group says it plans to release on Wednesday a French journalist it has held for a month after a firefight with Colombian soldiers. The leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia said in a communique posted online Saturday night that it would shortly provide the handover coordinates to the...  

BOGOTA—Colombia's largest Marxist rebel group said it plans to free on Wednesday a French journalist who ... Mr. Langlois, 35 years old, was shooting footage for a documentary April 28 when the army unit he was with was  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s main rebel group says it plans to release on Wednesday a French journalist it has held for a month. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia says in a communique published online Saturday night that it would shortly ...  

BOGOTA, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's largest guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced Sunday it will free captive French journalist ... is awaiting the announcement of the date of the release prior to traveling to ...  

BOGOTA, May 26 (UPI) -- Six Colombian soldiers were given jail time for killing a mentally disabled man and then claiming he was a rebel, in an attempt to gain job benefits. The six soldiers, one of whom was an army major and another a ...  

In a development that reflects a concern in communities across North Jersey, Bogota is considering asking residents to approve a program to provide pension-like payments – however modest – to volunteer firefighters and rescue workers.  

APPolice inspect the scene after a bomb exploded in Bogota, Colombia. A bomb targeting former Colombian interior minister Fernando Londono killed two of his bodyguards and injured at least 31 others in the heart of Bogota's uptown commercial district, authorities said. BOGOTA, Colombia -- Five people were killed and...  

BOGOTA (Dow Jones)--Low-cost airline VivaColombia took its first flight Friday, from Medellin to Bogota, entering Colombia's growing commercial airline sector with deals as low as $29 each way. The airline is the second local airline to dub ...  

Ecopetrol SA (ECOPETL), Colombia’s largest oil company, rose 0.4 percent to 5,280 pesos. To contact the reporter on this story: Christine Jenkins in Bogota at cjenkins28@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story ...  

“Companies bringing in dollars to pay for taxes is something that will help the peso amid all the volatility” in global markets, said Juan Camilo Santana, an analyst at Cia. de Profesionales de Bolsa SA brokerage in Bogota. Companies are ...  

Faced with similar situations, municipalities across the state are grappling with ways to provide affordable incentives to attract and retain volunteers while coming to terms with the idea that the era of all-volunteer emergency services may be coming to an end.  

The Police Report is compiled by Bogota Bulletin from information provided by the Police Department. The information is released to the press at the discretion of the individual police departments, and may not represent the total scope of police activity.  

Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro has created a special group to fight sexual orientation and gender based discrimination in Colombia's capital, according to Colombia reports: The group, a subcommittee of the city's Social Integration Secretariat, is aimed at raising awareness of...  

BOGOTA, Colombia — A gunman opened fire on a labor leader in the Colombia city of Cali but missed, killing the man’s brother and wounding two other people, including a 4-year-old girl, police said Thursday. Adolfo Devia, vice president of the Cali ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombian army officials said Monday that 12 soldiers were killed in an ambush by leftist rebels who, according to one commander, “presumably” fled into Venezuelan territory afterward. The soldiers were attacked Monday ...  

New label 'Chance By Colombia' debuts at Bogota fashion show alongside Italian designer brands First Post Clare Conway LAST UPDATED AT 15:56 ON Thu 10 May 2012 FORMER COLOMBIAN guerrilla fighters launched their new government-backed fashion label in the capital Bogota yesterday, showing their clothes alongside designer brands. One of the men involved in the 'Chance By Colombia' label, Alvaro Perez, had...  

Councilors Tito Jackson, Michael Brophy and Arthur Konisberg voted for the plan. Under the borough form of government the mayor only votes to break a tie. Jackson, Brophy, Konisberg and Mayor Patrick McHale were not immediately available for comment Friday morning.  

Sir Paul McCartney was given the protection of 1,400 police during his stay in the Columbian crime-capital of Bogota. The 69-year-old former Beatle and his wife Nancy Shevell, 51, were surrounded by a "ring of steel" throughout the two-day trip, and even flew in and out of the city - which has one of the world's highest crime rates - from the military airport. A source told the Daily Mirror newspaper...  

Two of the 11 Secret Service personnel who allegedly solicited prostitutes and escorts last week while on duty in Cartagena, Colombia were identified yesterday. One, David Randall Chaney, was on Sarah Palin's detail in 2008. [ more › ]  

The New York Daily News has rustled up a photo of the sex worker in Cartagena, Colombia who reportedly sparked one of the biggest scandals in the history of the U.S. Secret Service after two agents allegedly refused to pay her her going rate. [ more › ]  

REUTERSProstitutes walk a street of Cartagena, Colombia, as heads of state meet in the city for the Americas Summit. Headlines from this weekend's gathering have focused on an embarrassing scandal involving prostitutes and members of President Obama's security detail. The Secret Service’s seamy hooker scandal may have...  

Alma Guillermoprieto Carolyn Kaster/AP Images President Obama with the Colombian singer Shakira and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in Cartagena, where he was attending the Summit of the Americas, at which leaders openly discussed the legalization of drugs for the first time, April 15,2012 A couple of decades ago, perhaps, a discussion of the war on drugs declared by Richard Nixon back in 1973 could...  

It also offers United customers the opportunity to travel to Barranquilla, Cali, Cartagena, Medellin, and Pereira via Avianca’s hub in Bogota; to Barranquilla, Cartagena, Cali, Medellin, and Bogota, via Miami; and to Bogota via Fort Lauderdale ...  

Bogota, Colombia (CNN)-- Ten Colombian soldiers were killed in a rebel attack Monday, the country's defense ministry said. The attack occurred in La Guajira province, near Colombia's border with Venezuela. Two other soldiers were killed in ...  

Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Even Colombians accustomed to treachery and deceit after more than a half-century of civil conflict and drug-related violence were stunned by the arrest of a one-time provincial lawmaker for allegedly helping plan the mass kidnapping of 11 colleagues later slain by leftist rebels. Even more remarkable, the alleged traitor was among the kidnapped, and "miraculously" survived seven years later when the...  

NEW YORK, May 23 (UPI) -- The Colombian government aims to make its oil production levels, close to 1 million barrels per day, a sustainable objective, the energy minister said. The Colombian government set a goal of reaching the 1 million bpd ...  

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says two people have been killed in a bomb attack on a crowded Bogota street that he says targeted a former interior minister.  Santos says former minister Fernando Londono was hurt but is out of danger.  He said in a brief televised declaration that the driver and a police escort of Londono were killed in the bombing, which occurred just before midday Tuesday in the heart of Bogota's commercial...  

The device was found a week after another Colombian politician, Fernando Londono, was targeted in a bomb attack in the Colombian capital, Bogota. Mr Londono, who served as justice and interior minister under Mr Uribe, was injured in the attack ...  

Bogota, May 22 (IANS) At least 12 army soldiers were killed in clashes with rebels in northern Colombia Monday, officials said. The fighting between Colombian Army soldiers and the rebel of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) erupted in the northern Guajira department near the Venezuelan border, Xinhua reported. “We have received reports of the death [...]  

BOGOTA, Colombia—Terrorists in Bogota, Colombia, attacked the motorcade of the former minister, seriously injuring him on Tuesday. Earlier the same day, a car bomb was found and safely detonated elsewhere in the city, which authorities believe was planted as a [...]  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A bomb targeting a former Colombian interior minister killed two people on Tuesday and injured at least 19 others in the heart of Bogota's commercial district, authorities said. President Juan Manuel Santos said the former minister, Fernando Londono, was hurt but was out of danger. Santos said in a brief televised declaration that ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A bomb targeting a former Colombian interior minister killed at least two people on Tuesday and injured at least 19 others in the heart of Bogota's commercial district, authorities said.President Juan Manuel Santos said the former minister, Fernando Londono, was hurt but was out of danger.He said in a brief televised declaration that Londono's driver and a police escort were killed in the bombing, which occurred just...  

In that incident, Tasca is accused of interfering as Ridgefield Park officers tried to detain the Sharps' son, Kyle, an emotionally disturbed man. Tasca, however, has said she was stopping the use of excessive force. At the hearing, Elston suggested that ...  

When it comes to art galleries, La Macarena and Chapinero are Bogotá's best known neighborhoods. La Candelaria has long had its art museums, including the Botero Museum, the Museum of Bogotá and La Casa de la ...  

The Justice Department inspector general's office said Monday it is investigating possible misconduct by Drug Enforcement Administration personnel in Colombia unrelated to the Secret Service incident with prostitutes at a Cartagena hotel.  

WHAT HAPPENS in Cartagena was supposed to stay in Cartagena. Four former Secret Service agents implicated in the Colombia prostitution scandal last month are challenging their dismissals — saying they’re getting thrown under the bus for behavior long tolerated at the agency, the Washington Post reported.  

BOGOTA, May 23 (UPI) -- A Colombian court has restored custody of adopted sons to a homosexual man, opening the door for gay adoptions. The Constitutional Court found that the country's Family Welfare Institute simply assumed the father's sexual ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombian investigators on Wednesday were seeking a man between 17 and 20 years old they say could be the bomber who killed two bodyguards of a conservative former interior minister and injured 39 people in a busy commercial district of Bogota.  

BOGOTA, Colombia - Even Colombians accustomed to treachery and deceit after more than a half-century of civil conflict and drug-related violence were stunned by the arrest of a one-time provincial lawmaker for allegedly helping plan the mass ...  

Secret Service agents don't have all the fun: Three Drug Enforcement Administration agents are now under investigation for hiring prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia, CBS reports. The Department of Justice Inspector General said in a statement that the DEA office is "investigating allegations about potential misconduct" unrelated to the Cartagena hotel Secret Service incident. The alleged questionable activity also occurred in April at the time...  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Even Colombians accustomed to treachery and deceit after more than a half-century of civil conflict and drug violence were stunned by the arrest of a one-time provincial lawmaker for allegedly helping plan the mass ...  

(AP) BOGOTA, Colombia - A bomb targeting a former Colombian interior minister killed two people and injured at least 19 others in the heart of Bogota's uptown commercial district on Tuesday, authorities said. President Juan Manuel Santos said ...  

BOGOTA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Tuesday said his government would "stay the course" despite "terrorist organizations" attempting to derail his policies. "There are left-wing and right-wing extremists that want to change ...  

ANSWER: The United States condemns the bombing that occurred in Bogota on Tuesday. Our condolences go out to the victims’ families. There is no justification for killing innocent people. The United States continues to support Colombia in its efforts ...  

The views expressed are the author's own. Bomb in Colombian capital taints first day of Colombia-US free trade agreement Think you know Latin America? Take our geography quiz. While the Marxist rebels the FARC appear to be the most likely ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia - A woman who says she was the prostitute who triggered the U.S. Secret Service scandal in Colombia said Friday that the agents involved were "idiots" for letting it happen, and declared that if she were a spy and sensitive information was available, she could have easily obtained it. read more  

Enrique Peñalosa(Photo: Wikipedia) Former mayor of Bogota Colombia, Enrique Peñalosa, will be in Portland for a special event on May 14th. Peñalosa is revered in urban planning circles for his pioneering role in the ciclovia movement (which inspired Portland's Sunday Parkways), his development of bus rapid transit, and his role in re-shaping Bogota's streets to prioritize [...]Sponsor BikePortland.org. Advertise here.  

Bogota: Colombia's FARC guerrillas pulled at least 13 teenagers out of boarding schools in the southern province of Putumayo and forced them to join their ranks, a human rights activist told EFE. The youngsters were taken from schools in a rural area near ...  

(AP Photo/Carlos Julio Martinez)AP2012 BOGOTA, Colombia – The hunt is on ... the ex-minister but the destruction of whatever possibility of reconciliation. - Gustavo Petro, Bogota Mayor The video shown by RCN TV does not show the man actually ...  

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA — A bombing that killed two bodyguards of an archconservative former interior minister and injured at least 39 people Tuesday in a busy commercial district of Bogota has raised fears that violence not seen in the Colombian ...  

Members of the Drug Enforcement Administration are now also under investigation for separately hiring prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia, CBS News reports. The new allegations against the DEA were revealed during an interview with a Secret ...  

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BOGOTA, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Colombian Army Commander Gen. Sergio Mantilla said Monday that rebels from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were responsible for the early Monday attack in northern Colombia, which killed 12 soldiers and wounded ...  

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian suspected of running a violent cocaine cartel, one of the country's most-wanted men, has surrendered to U.S. drug officials and could get a lighter sentence if he helps authorities fight drug trafficking, Colombian police said on Monday.  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) today is launching its second route to Colombia's vibrant capital city of Bogota with a daily nonstop flight from South Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Flights to the modern...  

CARTAGENA, Colombia, March 29 (UPI) -- The Colombian energy minister said meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart on bilateral oil and gas deals is of strategic importance. Colombian Energy Minister Maurico Cardenas met with Venezuelan Oil Minister...  

CARTAGENA, Colombia -- Dania Suárez, the Cartagena woman who three weeks ago unleashed the sex scandal that shook the U.S. Secret Service and military, may be trying to sell her exclusive story to magazines such as Playboy or Hustler, according to rumors that have surfaced in this city on Colombia’s Caribbean coast.  

BOGOTA, May 14 (Xinhua) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and former Colombian Senator Piedad Cordoba agreed Monday to mediate for the eventual release of a French journalist ...  

Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota SA (ETB CB), the phone company serving Colombia’s capital, gained 0.8 percent to 510 pesos. Shareholders approved ETB’s proposal to take on as much as $600 million in debt, according to a regulatory filing.  

Source: Associated Press Panetta tours Colombian military training center; US can share lessons from Afghanistan By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, April 24, 1:39 AM BOGOTA, Colombia - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta got a glimpse into how America's military's experience in Afghanistan is contributing to the U.S. counterinsurgency training in ... (more)  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says two people have been killed in a bomb attack on a crowded Bogota street that he says targeted a former interior minister. Santos says former minister Fernando Londono was hurt but is out of ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian investigators are seeking a man between 17 and 20 years old they suspect is the bomber who killed two bodyguards of a conservative former interior minister and injured 39 people in a busy commercial district of Bogota. A ...  

A stringent critic of the FARC, Londono was interior and justice minister in 2002-2003 under former President Alvaro Uribe. He hosts a daily radio show called "The Hour of Truth" and firmly opposes peace talks with the FARC, calling the rebels ...  

Pop superstar Shakira helped launch a $36 million education project for Colombian children as part of a series of events linked to the weekend Summit of the Americas.The Colombian singer, who is scheduled to meet with US President Barack Obama, will also sing her country's national anthem at the opening ceremony for the gathering of 33 democratically elected leaders of the Western Hemisphere Saturday in Cartagena.Her appearance Thursday...  

This month, the city of Bogota, Colombia, has been designated by UNESCO as City of Music. UNESCO supported this designation by stating that Bogota is "recognized foremost for its fast growing musical sector and dynamic music scene as a major centre of musical creation and activity in Latin America"....Read Full Post  

Much has been written and reported about the incident in Cartagena concerning U.S. Secret Service agents hiring hookers during President Obama's visit to South America. But there's one aspect of the incident that I haven't read much about — the impact of the fact that prostitution is legal in Colombia.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]  

The U.S. Southern Command expects to finish questioning early this week 12 military members suspected of potential misconduct in Cartagena, Colombia, during President Barack Obama's recent visit there, a Defense Department official said Monday. The investigating officer conducting those interviews will then forward his report, along with recommendations, to military lawyers for review, and then to Gen. Douglas Fraser, commanding general of...  

Afro-Colombians Receive Collective Land Titles from U.S. and Colombian Presidents WASHINGTON, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In conjunction with the 2012 Summit of the Americas in Cartagena, on April 15 President Barack Obama and Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos...  

ABC News’ Reena Ninan, Christine Romo and Mary Bruce Report: CARTAGENA, Colombia — Secret Service officials planning a wild night of fun in Colombia did some of their own advanced work last week, booking a party space at the Hotel Caribe before heading out to...  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- A bomb targeting a former Colombian interior minister killed two people on Tuesday and injured at least 19 others in the heart of Bogota's commercial district, authorities said. President Juan Manuel Santos said the former ...  

Here’s a recipe for disaster: Colombian hookers mixed with President Obama’s schedule. The Secret Service agents in Cartagena handling pre-arrival security for the White House had copies of the president’s plans in the rooms where they cavorted with prostitutes, Reuters reported.  

CARTAGENA, Colombia – Colombian authorities have opened a preliminary investigation into the U.S. Secret Service prostitution scandal out of concern that underage women might have been involved, a Colombian government official told McClatchy on Friday. Investigators from the Colombian attorney general’s office have talked with employees of the hotel where the Secret Service agents were staying and have also questioned the taxi driver who drove...  

Latin music superstar Shakira had a bit of a lapse while singing the Colombian national anthem at the recently held Americas Summit in Cartagena, Colombia. Bringing back memories of Christina Aguilera at the Super Bowl last year, the Latin Pop diva messed up some of the lyrics of her country's national anthem....Read Full Post  

Colombian escort speaks about Secret Service scandal By WILLIAM NEUMAN The New York Times Published Apr 18, 2012 04:23PM MDT CARTAGENA, Colombia • A Secret Service agent preparing for President Barack Obama’s arrival at an international summit meeting and a single mother from Colombia who makes a living as a high-priced escort faced off in a room at the Hotel Caribe a week ago over how much he owed her for the previous night’s...  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A Colombian judge has revoked an arrest warrant for a former official who was a close associate of ex-President Alvaro Uribe.Prosecutors last month obtained the order for the arrest of former Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo for allegedly choreographing the bogus surrender of a group of leftist rebels.Judge Johanna Rodriguez revoked the warrant Friday. She says it was based on "conjectures" by prosecutors and...  

Secret Service Bragged About Protecting Obama While Partying At Colombian BrothelCARTAGENA, Colombia - ABC News has learned exclusively that the Secret Service officials accused of misconduct in Colombia revealed their identities by boasting at a Cartagena brothel that they worked for President Obama. Partying at the "Pley Club" Wednesday night, eleven members of the president's advance team allegedly bragged "we work for Obama" and "we're...  

Speaking from Spain, where she was staying with family, Dania Suarez, 24 (pictured), said the men approached her and her friends at a local bar in Cartagena. The agents had been in Colombia to prepare for President Obama's trip to the country.  

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Click here to view the full photogallery. Photos by Roger Davies/Arch Digest; click to enlarge! Something to shed a slightly sunnier light on the Cartagena: Richard Mishaan's utterly beautiful home there. The Colombian-born interior designer, who practices in NYC, found...  

From April 9 to 15, 2012, the Organization of American States (OAS) will host the Sixth Summit of the Americas, which will take place in Cartagena, Colombia. Bogota is absorbed by this major meeting of hemispheric heads of state; according … Continue reading »  

On the weekend of April 14th and 15th, Colombia hosted the Sixth Summit of the Americas, as 33 inter-American governments convened in Cartagena to discuss a broad host of topics. Dominating the agenda were scheduled discussions of the ongoing War on … Continue reading »  

BOGOTA, Colombia — A bomb targeting a hardline former interior minister killed two of his bodyguards and injured at least 31 people in Bogota's uptown commercial district Tuesday in the type of brazen attack not seen in Colombia's capital in ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian police say an explosion at a home in Bogota has killed three men and left one seriously injured.Gen. Luis Eduardo Martinez is Bogota's police chief and says the blast occurred on the third floor of a residential building early Sunday in the neighborhood of Suba.He says a group of students were drinking alcohol and working with explosives at the time.Martinez says the injured young man was a brother of one of...  

by Amy Goodman President Barack Obama's re-election campaign launched its first Spanish-language ads this week, just after returning from the Summit of the Americas. He spent three days in Colombia, longer than any president in U.S. history.… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has been hurt in a fall from a horse but his son says the injuries are not serious. Jeronimo Uribe tells The Associated Press via text message Friday that his father lurched forward and hit his chest in Wednesdays fall but was not hospitalized. He says his 59-year-old father fell while riding in Monteria, the capital of the province where the former president has a ranch. Alvaro...  

President Barack Obama's re-election campaign launched its first Spanish-language ads last week, just after returning from the Summit of the Americas. He spent three days in Colombia, longer than any president in U.S. history. The trip was marred,...  

Cartagena (Colombia), April 14 (IANS/EFE) Colombian singer Shakira announced on the eve of the Americas Summit here an alliance of foundations to fund quality education for low-income children. The alliance, which will invest $24 million during the first two years, comprises the superstar’s Pies Descalzos foundation, the Colombian culture ministry and several other [...]  

Leave it to Spirit Airlines. They’re always coming up with some sort of catchy, yet borderline offensive, way to capitalize on news headlines. This time it’s a sale on fares to Cartagena, Colombia, named . . . wait for it . . . More Bang For...  

Kids learn game strategy and how to play chess at Bogota LibraryFriday, April 6, 2012BY KARTHIK AGGARWALSTAFF WRITERBogota BulletinBOGOTA - For children looking to learn or play chess, the Bogota Public Library offers a weekly chess program 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursdays. Although adults may also join, the program is largely comprised of children between the ages of 6 and 10."There’s been a chess program for kids off and on for several years. The...  

Bogota, Colombia (CNN)-- A former Colombian justice and interior minister survived an assassination attempt Tuesday in a daylight bombing in the capital, Bogota, President Juan Manuel Santos said. Former Minister Fernando Londono was among at ...  

BOGOTA, March 26 (UPI) -- Colombia's largest rebel group has delayed a two-phase release of 10 political hostages until April 2 and April 4, a mediator said. The mediator, a member of Colombian for Peace involved in talks with the Revolutionary Armed...  

The prostitution scandal involving U.S. Secret Service agents in Colombia had at least some small benefit: It helped eclipse the fact that the Summit of the Americas was largely a failure. Rep. Connie Mack, R-Fla., who led a congressional delegation, said those shameful activities "unfortunately have become a big part of the buzz around the summit."  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian troops have killed 39 rebels, most of them in a bombardment of a guerrilla camp, the defense minister said Wednesday.The military bombed a rebel camp in northeastern Arauca state early Wednesday, killing 33, Defense Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said at a news conference. Other rebels were killed in the past two days in operations in Arauca and other parts of the country, Pinzon said.He described the bombing of...  

When I asked Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos about the ongoing U.S.-Latin American spat over Cuba’s absence in the 33-country Summit of the Americas that he will host in Cartagena this weekend, he gave an answer that many civil rights advocates find troublesome.  

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — Days after U.S. Secret Service agents were sent home over allegations of hard-partying and bringing prostitutes to their hotel, the mayor of this Caribbean city was wondering what all the fuss was all about. After all,...  

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA (BNO NEWS) — A car bomb exploded near a vehicle carrying former Colombian Interior Minister Fernando Londoño in the country’s capital on Tuesday, killing two people nearby and injuring the former government official, officials said.  

BOGOTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brilla Group, a Miami-based private equity firm focused on the luxury beachfront hotel and resort asset class, completed the first closing for its Colombian Beachfront Hospitality Private Equity Fund  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian investigators on Wednesday were ... Video: Four arrested in after-school fight posted on YouTube, Facebook A police report seen by The Associated Press says the man was bleeding from an arm when a taxi driver picked ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia – A bomb has exploded on a crowded street in Colombia's capital and the city's health director says at least 19 people have been injured. TV images from scene in Bogota's northern commercial district showed a badly damaged SUV ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Five people were killed and 17 injured in the Colombian capital Tuesday when a bomb exploded in what President Juan Manuel Santos said was an assassination attempt against a former interior minister. "I've just learned that an attempt ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia — A bomb has exploded on a crowded street in Colombia’s capital and the city’s health director says at least 19 people are injured. TV images from scene in Bogota’s northern commercial district showed a badly damaged SUV ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- A former Cabinet member and close associate of ex-President Alvaro Uribe apparently was the target of bomb attempt Tuesday that wounded him, killed two people and wounded 24 others in a shopping district of Bogota. President ...  

Santa Marta was founded in 1525, and Cartagena in 1533. Gonzalo Jiminez de Quesada led an expedition to the interior in 1535, and founded the "New City of Granada", the name soon changed to "Santa Fé de Bogotá." Two other notable journeys by ...  

A bomb has exploded on a crowded street in Colombia's capital and the city's health director says at least 19 people have been injured. TV images from scene in Bogota's northern commercial district showed a badly damaged SUV on Calle 74 and other vehicles ...  

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department inspector general's office said Monday it is investigating possible misconduct by Drug Enforcement Administration personnel in Colombia unrelated to the Secret Service incident with prostitutes at a Cartagena hotel.The Drug Enforcement Administration said the probe began based on information provided by the Secret Service and that the DEA is making its employees available to be interviewed by the IG's...  

CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — Days after U.S. Secret Service agents were sent home over allegations of hard-partying and bringing prostitutes to their hotel, the mayor of this Caribbean city was wondering what all the fuss was all about.  

The New Jersey divorce judge acted properly in using most of the funds available for equitable distribution to set up a college fund for the children, even though it meant the lawyers might not get paid. Sauro v. Sauro and...  

A bomb blast in central Bogota injured Colombia’s former Justice Minister Fernando Londono today and killed five people, including his driver and one of his bodyguards. The bomb exploded near Londono’s armored car, blocks from the nation’s ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A bomb targeting a former Colombian interior minister killed two people and injured at least 19 others in the heart of Bogota's uptown commercial district on...  

Santos considers himself a progressive and, in addition to a military hard line against the FARC, has sought to return stolen land to peasants and pay reparations to victims of Colombia's long-running civil conflict. Analyst Leon Valencia of the Nuevo Arco ...  

BOGOTA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- The Colombian government on Friday made a fresh call on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC) guerrillas to release as soon as possible and without any conditions a French journalist they kidnapped late last month.  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian investigators are seeking a man between 17 and 20 years old they suspect is the bomber who killed two bodyguards of a conservative former interior minister and injured 39 people in a busy commercial district of Bogota.  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A bomb targetting a former Colombian interior minister killed two people and injured at least 19 others in the heart of Bogota's uptown commercial district yesterday, authorities said. President Juan Manuel Santos said the former ...  

A stringent critic of the FARC, Londono was interior and justice minister in 2002-2003 under former President Alvaro Uribe. He hosts a daily radio show called "The Hour of Truth" and firmly opposes peace talks with the FARC, calling the rebels "terrorists ...  

Londono, a conservative lawyer and economist who currently heads a radio program, served as Minister of the Interior and Justice during the first two years of former President Alvaro Uribe's administration ... Reproduction of text for non-commercial ...  

What happens in Cartagena was supposed to stay in Cartagena. Four former Secret Service agents implicated in the Colombia prostitution scandal last month are challenging their dismissals — saying they’re getting thrown under the bus for ...  

BOGOTA - Since March, the Bogota Public Library has been offering a dozen second grade students an opportunity through a monthly book club to read beyond the classroom. "What we’re doing is reading the ‘Magic Tree House’ series by Mary Pope Osborne.  

BOGOTA -(Dow Jones)- Colombian stocks declined Friday as shares of Bancolombia (BCOLOMBIA.BO, CIB) continued to tumble after its first-quarter earnings report showed a worrisome rise in delinquent loans. The Colcap, an index of blue-chip stocks ...  

The Police Report is compiled by Bogota Bulletin from information provided by the Police Department. The information is released to the press at the discretion of the individual police departments, and may not represent the total scope of police activity.  

"This was an attack against former minister Fernando Londono. Unfortunately his driver and a ... Londono was the interior minister from 2002 to 2004 under former President Alvaro Uribe, who led a crackdown on the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of ...  

Santa Marta was founded in 1525, and Cartagena in 1533. Gonzalo Jiminez de Quesada led an expedition to the interior in 1535, and founded the "New City of Granada", the name soon changed to "Santa Fé de Bogotá." Two other notable journeys by ...  

BOGOTA/RIDGEFIELD PARK - Suspended Bogota Police Officer Regina Tasca has sued the borough and the Police Department for alleged discrimination, harassment and retaliation. The lawsuit was filed May 4 at the United State District Court in Newark.  

The demand is part of a lawsuit filed this month in U.S. District Court in Newark by Tina Trotta and Casey and Belinda Guerra ... Jeanne Baratta, chief of staff to County Executive Kathleen Donovan, did not return a call for comment on Friday on whether ...  

BOGOTA — The attorney for Police Officer Regina Tasca repeatedly accused an internal affairs investigator of trying to influence the testimony of the parents of an emotionally disturbed man at the center of an April 2011 incident that led to disciplinary ...  

BOGOTA (Reuters) - A bomb attack in a commercial district of Colombia's capital Bogota killed two people on Tuesday and injured a former interior minister who was the target, President Juan Manuel Santos said. The Colombian government has been battling the ...  

Ana Luisa Flechas, Bogota’s Secretary of Mobility, told MSN Colombia citizens have the option of approaching the Mobility Dept. and arranging some sort of payment plans. Should owners fail to pay these fines, the Mobility Department says they will ...  

BOGOTA — A Ridgefield Park police officer testified Tuesday that Bogota Officer Regina Tasca assaulted him twice as she tried to pull him off an emotionally disturbed man he was trying to restrain in an April 2011 incident. Detective Sgt. Joseph Rella ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia – Seven Colombian anti-narcotics police were killed and at least 12 wounded in an attack by suspected guerrillas as they conducted a mission to destroy illegal coca crops and labs in northeast Colombia, authorities said Thursday.  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- A woman who says she was the prostitute who triggered the U.S. Secret Service scandal in Colombia said Friday that the agents involved were "idiots" for letting it happen. The woman said she spent five hours in a Cartagena ...  

BOGOTA (Dow Jones)--Colombian stocks ended a six-day slide Wednesday, helped by large share-price gains in the country's third-largest lending institution, Banco Davivienda SA (PFDAVVNDA.BO). The Colcap, an index of blue-chip stocks, rose 0.21%, ..  

BOGOTA — The borough on Wednesday contrasted the account of an April 2011 incident involving an emotionally disturbed man that Police Officer Regina Tasca gave to internal ... Joseph Rella, one of two Ridgefield Park officers who responded to help ...  

Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro said a pedestrian attached an explosive to ... Bogota's police chief, Gen. Luis Eduardo Martinez, blamed the country's main leftist rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, though without offering any ...  

BOGOTA – A Ridgefield Park police officer testified Tuesday that Bogota Officer Regina Tasca assaulted him twice as she tried to pull him off an emotionally disturbed man he was trying to restrain in an April 2011 incident. Detective Sgt. Joseph Rella ...  

BOGOTA, May 16 (UPI) -- Authorities in Colombia's capital of Bogota tightened security after a bombing directed at a former minister killed five people and wounded 39, officials said. Gen. Luis Eduardo Martinez, chief of Bogota's police ...  

BOGOTA — If she had it to do over again, Regina Tasca said she wouldn't change a thing ... and another in which she allegedly interfered with two Ridgefield Park officers as they tried to detain the emotionally disturbed son of a Bogota councilwoman.  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Authorities on Monday announced the surrender of one of Colombia's most wanted drug traffickers and leader of the Rastrojos criminal band that allegedly funnels Colombian cocaine to Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.  

BOGOTA, Colombia, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a news release by The Association of Colombian Flower Exporters. Colombian flowers will be the nation's first product to enter the U.S. market Tuesday, May 15th under the new Free ...  

BOGOTA - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says two people have been killed in a bomb attack on a crowded Bogota street that he says targeted a former interior minister. Santos says former minister Fernando Londono was hurt but is out of danger.  

BOGOTA, May 15 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's former Interior Minister Fernando Londono is in stable condition and his recovery looks good following an attempt on his life early Tuesday, a hospital official said. Jorge Alberto Ospina, director of Clinica del ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia's main rebel group said Sunday that it is holding a French journalist missing since disappearing a week ago during combat. The ruling secretariat of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, did not say if or ...  

AFP - Colombia on Wednesday tightened security in the capital Bogota after a deadly blast that killed two people and injured a former minister, as investigators tried to find those responsible. Fernando Londono, a former interior minister, was ...  

CARTAGENA: US President Barack Obama is to open summit talks with fellow leaders of the Americas in the Colombian resort city of Cartagena on Saturday, hours after four small blasts occurred here and in the Colombian capital.  

The following companies had unusual price changes in Bogota trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of the close. The IGBC Index (IGBC) fell 0.4 percent to 15,187.15, while the Colcap Index (COLCAP) decreased 0.3 percent to ...  

Bogota's police chief, General Luis Eduardo Martinez, blamed the country's main leftist rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (the Farc), for what is the first fatal and apparently politica bombing in the capital in nearly a decade.  

May 2 - Colombians mark May Day with protests-turned-clashes, while various groups unite at the Los Angeles rally to raise awareness on issues of fair pay, immigration rights and the wealth gap. Jessica Gray reports.  

BOGOTA, Colombia — An alleged major Colombian drug trafficker whose paramilitary organization controls coastal and border smuggling routes surrendered to U.S. drug agents in Aruba and was flown to New York, where he faces criminal charges, Colombian ...  

A bomb exploded in a crowded area of Bogota Tuesday, killing five people in what Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said was an attempt to assassinate a former interior minister. "I've just learned that an attempt was made on the life of Mr. Fernando Londono.  

Video showed shattered glass and scattered car parts covering the street as rescuers arrived. Security cameras at the Bogota intersection recorded a man crossing the street while cars were stopped at a red light, CNN affiliate Caracol TV reported.  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- In a video posted on YouTube, a self-described commander with the Colombian rebel group FARC said the insurgents are holding French journalist Romeo Langlois, whom they captured April 28 during a bloody firefight between the ...  

Rep. Peter King is not interested in meeting the Colombian prostitute who helped unveil the recent Secret Service scandal -- at least for now. King, who leads the House Homeland Security Committee, which is investigating the episode in Cartagena ...  

Speculation was widespread that the country's main leftist rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, was to blame. But President Juan Manuel Santos said it was too early to assign blame, and announced a $277,000 reward for ...  

Santa Marta was founded in 1525, and Cartagena in 1533. Gonzalo Jiminez de Quesada led an expedition to the interior in 1535, and founded the "New City of Granada", the name soon changed to "Santa Fé de Bogotá." Two other notable journeys by ...  

Catalina Ballesteros, a 24-year-old student ... blaming "sectors who don't want peace." Political scientist Vicente Torrijos of the Universidad del Rosario supported the theory that the FARC was to blame as it "seeks to show itself to the world as an ...  

Washington, May 2 (ANI): US Secret Service agents who were involved in the Colombian sex scandal had paid 10 out of 12 prostitutes in Cartagena, agency officials said. Officials have said none of the women were found to be connected to terrorist ...  

He said in a brief televised declaration that Londono's driver and a police escort were killed in the bombing, which occurred just before midday on Calle 74 a half block from Caracas Avenue. City health director Guillermo Jaramillo told Caracol Radio that ...  

2012-04-21 08:09:11 - Guests of bed and breakfast establishment A Bogota on Holidays in Bogota, Colombia now have a more convenient means of reserving accommodations with a new online reservation system. Bogota, Colombia – A Bogota on Holidays in Bogota ...  

New York Daily NewsKing doesn't want to talk with Colombian hookerNew York Daily NewsKing, who chairs the House Homeland Security Committee, which is investigating the sexcapades in Cartagena, said Sunday that he turned down an offer for an in-person interview with Dania Londono Suarez. “Late last Thursday, an attorney for Dania ...King turns down meeting with Colombia prostituteFox NewsCongressman Pete King turns down 'date' with Colombian...  

But President Juan Manuel Santos said immediately afterward that it was too early to assign blame, and he announced a $277,000 reward for information leading to those responsible. "We don't know who is behind this attack," he said after meeting ...  

QUITO, Ecuador, and BOGOTA, Colombia --  An Ecuadorean judge on Tuesday ordered the indefinite jailing of a suspected Colombian rebel leader captured a day earlier by Ecuadorean forces just a few miles from the border. Wilson Tapiero ...  

The following companies are having unusual price changes in Bogota trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 11:29 a.m. in Bogota. The IGBC Index (IGBC) gained 0.1 percent to 15,065.23, while the Colcap Index (COLCAP ...  

El País reports that Santos condemned the attack, saying the bomb exploded next to the armored vehicle Londoño was travelling in. The AP reports at least two people are dead, while Radio Caracol is reporting that at least five are dead with 19 injured.  

BOGOTA May 14 (Reuters) - Colombia's coal production jumped 14.6 percent to 23.31 million tonnes in the first three months of 2012, compared with the same period last year, the Andean country's mining regulator said on Monday. Colombia's coal ...  

LITTLE FERRY/BOGOTA - Little Ferry and Bogota are among 559 municipalities statewide awarded Clean Communities grants by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP). The grants are to be used for litter cleanup efforts. In total, the ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- A woman who says she was the prostitute who triggered the U.S. Secret Service scandal in Colombia said Friday that the agents involved were "idiots" for letting it happen, and declared that if she were a spy and sensitive ...  

The following companies are having unusual price changes in Bogota trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 11:19 a.m. in Bogota. The IGBC Index (IGBC) dropped 0.2 percent to 15,134.28, while the Colcap Index (COLCAP ...  

The Police Report is compiled by Bogota Bulletin from information provided by the Police Department. The information is released to the press at the discretion of the individual police departments, and may not represent the total scope of police activity.  

Bogota, Colombia – The lavish 84DC Hotel offers a faster and safer method of securing an accommodation in Bogota by launching a direct booking engine on its website. The reservation process takes only a few simple steps. On http://www.84dc.com.co ...  

• A version of this post ran on the author's blog, insightcrime.org. The views expressed are the author's own. The city of Bogota has seen a significant reduction in homicides after passing a ban on carrying guns. If the two developments prove ...  

Catalina Ballesteros, a 24-year-old student ... blaming "sectors who don't want peace." Political scientist Vicente Torrijos of the Universidad del Rosario, supported the theory that the FARC was to blame as it "seeks to show itself to the ...  

BOGOTA – Colombian stocks tumbled Friday as shares of national oil company Ecopetrol (ECOPETROL.BO, EC) fell sharply from a record high reached the previous session. The Colcap, which is the Colombian Stock Exchange's benchmark index, declined ...  

BOGOTA -(Dow Jones)- Colombian stocks ended sharply lower Thursday as shares of oil firm Pacific Rubiales (PEGFF, PRE.T, PREC.BO) dropped after the company reported higher earnings but rising expenses and operating costs. The Colcap, an index of ...  

Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan says Dania Londono Suarez spoke to investigators at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid on Thursday — a month after the incident. Londono says a Secret Service officer took her back to his hotel in Cartagena, Colombia ...  

The two other responding officers are from neighboring Ridgefield Park -- and within seconds one is tackling Sharp, the second delivers a punch to the man's head. Sharp sustained a head wound, as well as contusions to his hand, back and wrist ...  

BOGOTA – Colombian stocks ended sharply lower Thursday as shares of oil firm Pacific Rubiales (PEGFF, PRE.T, PREC.BO) dropped after the company reported higher earnings but rising expenses and operating costs. The Colcap, an index of blue-chip ...  

BOGOTA (Dow Jones)--Colombian stocks soared nearly 1% Monday as investors bet national oil company Ecopetrol (ECOPETROL.BO, EC) will release strong first-quarter earnings results later in the day. The Colcap, Colombian Stock Exchange's benchmark ...  

Guests can now book accommodations at Hotel Cartagena Premium fast, easily, and instantly with the hotel’s new online reservation system. PRLog (Press Release) - May 12, 2012 - Cartagena, Colombia — Hotel Cartagena Premium beefs up its website features ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta got a glimpse into how America's military's experience in Afghanistan is contributing to the U.S. counterinsurgency training in Colombia. While the two conflicts are no perfect match, U.S. military and ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta got a glimpse into how America's military's experience in Afghanistan is contributing to the U.S. counterinsurgency training in Colombia. While the two conflicts are no perfect match, U.S. military and ...  

Holding small signs that read "We support good cops," the group included Rich Rivera, chairman of the Civil Rights Protection ... and Garfield police officers after fleeing from custody; and Miguel Reyes, a Garfield community activist and friend of the ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s military says a French journalist has gone missing during combat with leftist rebels in which four security force members were killed. The Defense Ministry identified the missing journalist as Romeo Langlois.  

The lawsuit names the borough, Police Chief John Burke, Capt. James L. Sepp, Sgt. Robert Piterski, and Officer Jerome Fowler as defendants. Tasca is currently in the midst of disciplinary proceedings on more than a dozen administrative charges stemming ...  

BOGOTA (Reuters) - An explosion on a bus in a commercial district of Colombia's capital Bogota killed two people and injured several more, police said on Tuesday. It was not immediately clear if the explosion was the result of a bomb attack. The Colombian ...  

Politico Colombian Prostitute From the Secret Service Scandal Calls the Agents 'A Bunch …JezebelDania Londono Suarez, one of the prostitutes who was involved with the Secret Service agents during their now infamous trip to Cartagena, has come forward to tell her side of the story to the media. The scandal that resulted in nine agents being [...]  

BOGOTA, May 6 (Xinhua) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said one of the main goals of his upcoming visit to China is to demonstrate the two countries are important partners. In an exclusive interview with Xinhua ahead of the May 8-12 trip, his ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia -- An alleged major Colombian drug trafficker whose paramilitary organization controls major coastal and border smuggling routes surrendered to U.S. drug agents in Aruba and was flown to New York, where he faces criminal charges, Colombian authorities said Monday.Jose Antonio Calle was indicted in New York's Eastern District last year for the alleged international distribution of 25 metric tons of cocaine, money laundering...  

That Hay, of festivals fame, should also choose Cartagena as the ... They include bestselling novelists Jonathan Franzen and David Safier, Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes, award-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies (of TV's Pride and Prejudice fame), Booker ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia—Their nationally televised releases were ecstatic celebrations, cathartic moments for a conflict-weary Colombia. Their rebel captors had held them in the jungle, often in chains, for as many as 14 years. Yet soon the initial ...  

Colombia's Caribbean port of Cartagena makes a transformative backdrop. It was this alluring setting that fuelled the imaginative powers of Gabriel García Márquez. The Nobel Prize winner, who served his apprenticeship as a journalist in the Spanish ...  

Bogota, April 18 (IANS/EFE) Colombian troops killed a rebel who was behind a 1998 attack on a fuel pipeline that left 84 people dead, the army said Tuesday. Another guerrilla was killed along with Artigas, the general said. It was Oct 18, 1998, when a unit ...  

"This network, led by Victor Manuel Ramirez Montana, a Colombian national, and Oswaldo Wally Lora, a U.S. citizen that has specialized in contraband parcels, suitcases with false bottoms and the use of couriers, especially foreigners, to send ...  

The Police Report is compiled by Bogota Bulletin from information provided by the Police Department. The information is released to the press at the discretion of the individual police departments, and may not represent the total scope of police activity.  

The Hotel de La Opera (0057 1 336 ... Misspelling or pronouncing Colombia as Columbia! More seriously, don’t stray into unknown areas without security advice and having a plan to get back. Bogota’s reputation as a dangerous city is not entirely undeserved.  

MADRID -- The Colombian hooker at the center of the Secret Service prostitution scandal has been interviewed by investigators from the agency, FOX News Channel confirmed late Thursday. Service officials probing the incident spoke to Dania Londono Suarez in ...  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Officials in Colombia say a Colombian air force helicopter has crashed near the Caribbean coast and all 13 people aboard have been killed. Atlantico state civil defense director Jorge Fernandez says the aircraft crashed in a field in a ...  

CARTAGENA, Colombia, May 9 (UPI) -- The owner of a paintball club in Cartagena, Colombia, said a pornographic video was shot in his club under false pretenses. Fernando Calderon said the dozen people who reserved the 997 Paintball Club told him ...  

"I had to beg from 6:30 am to 10:00am for him to pay me." Londono told the television she had met the men when she was in a bar in Cartagena, Colombia, with three of her friends. They drank two bottles of vodka with the men and danced and then they agreed ...  

Cartagena, Colombia has been in the news so much lately than even the taxi driver who ... In fact, Cartagena is a rich mixture of several cities and regions in the Caribbean, from the West Indies, to Panama and, yes, even South Beach Miami.  

BOGOTA – Colombian stocks saw their five-session rally come to an end Thursday, while the peso ended flat against the dollar after climbing to a 10-month high earlier in the session. The Colcap, which is the Colombian Stock Exchange's ...  

CARTAGENA, Colombia -- Dania Suárez, the Cartagena woman who three weeks ago unleashed the sex scandal that shook the U.S. Secret Service and military, may be trying to sell her exclusive story to magazines such as Playboy or Hustler, according ...  

One recent outstanding compilation is Soundway Records' Cartagena: Curro Fuentes & The Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Colombia 1962-1972, which includes a couple of tracks by cumbia pioneer and clarinettist Lucho Bermudez. Curro Fuentes was part of ...