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Ozzy Osbourne to Play in Colombia

King of heavy metal Ozzy Osbourne to perform in Parque Simon Bolivar in Bogota on April 16, in his first-ever show in Colombia. More details about Ozzy Osbourne in Bogota on inBogotaColombia.com Instant Facts Regarding Barranquilla ·Barranquilla is Colombia’s 4th biggest urban area. ·Barranquilla lies not far off the Caribbean coastline and gives a convenient setting, even [...]

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Taca – Avianca Public Share Offering

  The group-Taca Avianca aircraft made a public offering of its shares worth 500 billion pesos. The Financial Supervisory Authority approved the registration in, the National Registry of Securities and Issuers, Rnve, the sale of the shares. The minimum preferential dividend corresponds to one percent per annum on the subscription price offered for each preferred [...]

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Fans Take Dead Body to Match

A 17-year-old fan of the local Colombian side Cucuta Deportivo was killed while playing in a neighborhood park on Saturday. The following day, his friends and other fans took him to one last game in his coffin. After his funeral, friends paraded the coffin around and then took it to the stadium in honor of [...]

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Latest Tweets 2011-03-27

Colombia news | Colombia Reports – Porn director who exploited Colombian children arrested in Spain http://bit.ly/hq6RRJ # 4.4 Earthquake in Valle de Cauca – no damage http://post.ly/1mw8G # Untitled http://post.ly/1mw8P # Incautan 2,5 millones de dólares falsos en Cali http://post.ly/1nB0G # Chávez, el capitalismo pudo haber acabado con la vida en Marte http://www.clarin.com/mundo/Chavez-capitalismo-pudo-acabado-Marte_0_449355242.html # #COLOMBIA [...]

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Colombia Joins “Earth Hour” Campaign to Switch off Lights March 26

Don’t forget….. Turn off the lights tonight. (Just for an hour!) from 20:30 to 21:30 local time. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos supports the call for Colombians to turn off the lights for one hour on March 26 and join the global campaign of “Earth Hour” to demonstrate support of the environmental campaign, which is [...]

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Football Stadiums for U20 World Cup Progressing

Colombia is hosting the U20 World Cup  and the two main cities of the Colombian Caribbean, Barranquilla and Cartagena, are preparing to be headquarters of the World Cup U-20, which will run from 29 July.  “We´ve completed 85 percent of the work, after adjustments requested by FIFA. The stadium, as anyone can see, is about,” said [...]

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Shakira’s Two Uncles Hope For Financial Assistance

Shakira is not just well known for her voice and her hips but has for years supported many charitable organizations, however, it has been claimed by El Tiempo in Barranquilla that her uncles who are in Soledad struggle like much of the city’s population with poverty.  When thay last saw Shakira in person she was [...]

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Latest Tweets 2011-03-13

Adenovirus in Bogota http://post.ly/1i9ee # Native Languages of Colombia Disappearing http://post.ly/1i9pg # Avianca and Taca merge frequent flyer miles http://post.ly/1i9vw # Colombian Coffee Production Rises 44% http://post.ly/1j0gL # NYTimes contradicts Caracol over Coffee Growth http://post.ly/1j3EQ # Shakira In Bogota http://post.ly/1jub9 # Iran wants closer ties to Colombia http://post.ly/1juuT # #SHAKIRA http://post.ly/1juwT # Instant Information In [...]

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Plaza de San Nicolás unveils new face

After 30 years of neglect the new Plaza de San Nicolas is expected to be completed before the end of March 2010 and will hopefully herald a rebirth of the Centro Histórico de Barranquilla. Located adjacent to the church San Nicolas which is considered the first cathedral was Barranquilla and an important element in the [...]

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Carnival 2011 Monday Programme

- The Grand Parade Fantasy in the Via 40, 2:00 pm – The Carnival Music Festival in Martinez Romelio Stadium, 3:00 pm – The meeting of Comedy, Carnival, on Calle 68 No. 62-27, 3:00 pm – The traditional music in the Plaza de la Paz. 7:00 p.m. Quick Essentials Concerning Barranquilla ·While not as well [...]

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