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Owl kicked by soccer player goes into shock and dies
The Fabulous ForumAn owl that was purposely kicked while lying injured on the field during a soccer match in Colombia over the weekend died from shock Tuesday. Initially the bird's injuries were thought to be minor, including a small fracture to the...... -
Brooklyn Museum seeks to return pre-Hispanic artifacts to Costa Rica
La PlazaMore than a century ago, an American railroad and fruit magnate named Minor C. Keith unearthed thousands of pre-Hispanic artifacts on a plantation in Costa Rica, then took them to the United States. They were gold and jade pieces, ceramic bowls and... -
Diplomacy: Brazil is Obama's first stop in Latin America trip
Opinion L.A.President Obama's first trip to Latin American starts Saturday with a stop in Brazil, where he is scheduled to meet with newly elected President Dilma Rousseff. A former Marxist guerrilla and prisoner of war, Rousseff is Brazil's first female president...... -
Coachella 2011: Bomba Estereo brings Colombia to Indio via L.A.'s Nacional Records
Pop & HissBomba Estero's 2009 album “Blow Up” and 2010 followup “Ponte Bomp E.P.” practically sweat out of their album covers, with guitars saturated in dub reverb and Liliana Saumet’s firebreathing Spanish raps and pillow talk moans.... -
Sniffer rats prepare to deploy in Colombian minefields
L.A. UnleashedNarcotics officers in Colombia are preparing to launch a new program in which specially trained rats are deployed to alert human handlers to the presence of land mines, Times Bogota bureau chief Chris Kraul reports. Hundreds of thousands of mines...... -
Colombia's Alvaro Uribe reached out to rebels, rebels to the U.S., cables show
La PlazaColombia's right-wing former president, Alvaro Uribe, sought contact in the final months of his term with the FARC guerrilla army in an effort to set "road maps" for new peace talks during the government of his successor, Juan Manuel Santos, leaked U.S.... -
Colombian company cancels planned puppy raffle in response to outcry from animal advocates
L.A. UnleashedAfter animal lovers loudly voiced their opposition, a cellphone provider in Colombia has called off plans to give puppies away to customers in a raffle, The Times' Latin America blog La Plaza reports. The company, called Comcel, is part of...... -
White House: Cocaine market in U.S. under 'stress'
La PlazaThe cocaine market in the United States is under "significant stress," reports the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy. Cocaine production has dropped in Colombia due to recent eradication efforts, putting stress on the U.S. market in... -
Travel details for Cartagena, Colombia
THE BEST WAY TO CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA From LAX, Spirit Airlines and COPA offer connecting service (change of plane) to Cartagena. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $762, excluding taxes and fees. TELEPHONES To call the numbers below from the U.S.,...Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Spirit Airlines, Hotel and Accommodation Industry
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Gabriel García Márquez biography
Born: March 6, 1928, in Aracataca, Colombia
Awards and honors: Nobel Prize for literature, 1982
Life: Studied law and journalism at the National University of Colombia in Bogotá and the University of Cartagena. He began his career as a journalist in...Tags: Journalism, Colleges and Universities, Nobel Prize Awards, Human Interest, Awards and Prizes
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Book review: 'Even Silence Has an End' by Ingrid Betancourt
Los Angeles TimesThrough the bars of a cage built in the jungle, Ingrid Betancourt watched her kidnappers dig a 9-foot-deep pit. She believed it would be her grave. Instead, Betancourt was tossed inside, very much alive. Her laughing captors, members of the leftist...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Natural Resources, Forestry and Timber, Guerrilla Activity, Family
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Santos wins: A vote for continuity in Colombia
La PlazaThe presidency of Colombia for the next four years is in the hands of Juan Manuel Santos. The former defense minister defeated Antanas Mockus by a margin of more than 40% in Colombia's presidential runoff on Sunday, Chris Kraul reports in The Times....
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