Submerged fort of San Matías rediscovered in Cartagena Bay, Colombia
Built in 1567 by Governor Pedro de Acuña on a sandbank at Cartagena Bay, the Fort of San Matías protected the city from ...
Colombian troops kidnapped by civilians released, defense ministry says
Colombia's Ministry of Defense said Saturday that 29 members of the country's armed forces who had been kidnapped by civilians were released. A day earlier, the ministry announced that the troops had ...
The Daily Courier1d
Colombian guerillas release hostage security forces: AFP
Twenty-eight police officers and one soldier held hostage in southwest Colombia were released Saturday, according to an AFP ...
Colombia's defense minister vows to recover 29 kidnapped law enforcement officers
Colombian Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez on Saturday condemned the recent kidnapping of 29 law enforcement officers in the ...
The City Paper Bogotá3d
Missing Spanish Fort discovered in the depths of Cartagena bay
A long-lost Spanish fort, San Matías, has been rediscovered submerged in Cartagena Bay, Colombia. Built in 1567 to defend the ...
Mongabay News4d
COP16 biodiversity summit in Rome OKs finance pathway; big obstacles loom
Delegates and observers applauded, with caveats, the delayed conclusion of the 16th United Nations Convention on Biological ...
Luxembourg Times5d
Drug cartels have long since put Luxembourg on the map
The fourth major seizure of cocaine in the Grand Duchy suggests that South American drug cartels have long since put ...