Yearly Archives: 2015

TODAY COLOMBIA (InSightCrime) Colombia has launched a new scheme to undermine illegal mining by controlling the purchase and sale of minerals, which comes amid a still unraveling billion dollar illegal gold export scandal that illustrates the scale of the task authorities face. Colombia's National Mining Agency (ANM) has begun a...

COSTA RICA EXTRA - Miss Colombia Paulina Vega, a relative pageant newcomer, has been crowned Miss Universe, beating out first runner-up Miss USA Nia Sanchez and contestants from more than 80 other countries at Sunday's pageant in Miami. Vega, a 22-year-old student of business administration from Barranquilla, Colombia, said she would...

QCOSTARICA - The next summit of the Economic Community for Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAC) to be held in Costa Rica on January 28 and 29 should be led to strengthen unity to face the attempts for destabilization against progressive governments of the region. This 3rd ECLAC Summit will...