Tag: Colombia

Awakened from a decade-long sleep of beauty, hardly any other country is home to so many attractions. There is something magical about Colombia. Anyone who takes a trip to Colombia is quickly seduced by the country’s cheerful charm and usually wants to stay longer. Between wonderfully fragrant coffee plantations, turquoise-blue Andean lagoons and heavenly white…

Yearbook 2009 Colombia. In September, President Álvaro Uribe Vélez decided to dissolve the Security Police (Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, DAS) and replace it with a new body. DAS has repeatedly been accused of illegal methods and cooperation with paramilitary groups, most recently in February 2009, when it was revealed that DAS was intercepting top politicians…