Stories about Colombia from December, 2006
Colombia: Lack of quorum sinks same-sex partnership bill
“So the bill was actually brought to the floor for a vote but some cowardly legislators jumped up and left their seats. Incredibly disappointing if not necessarily surprising.” So says...
Colombia: “Same-sex partnership rights? Not so fast…”
Andres Duque offers both a short and long explanation to what is happening and not happening with Colombia's same-sex partnership legislation.
Colombia: “What I've Learned”
Erwin Cifuentes, who normally blogs prodigiously at The Latin Americanist is now in Colombia and has put together a collection of “the many lessons big and small” he's learned so...
Colombia: Chats and Global Orgasm
Juan Plata of blogsColombia tries to stimulate his fellow bloggers [ES] into taking advantage of the blogsColombia chat client as well as partaking in Global Orgasm – “to cause a...
Colombia: First Black Colombian General
Poor But Happy forum user “webmanco” posts an excerpt of an article about Colombian General Luis Alberto Moore Perea and adds: “Here is another successful black Colombian, for those who...
Colombia: El Tiempo forecasts passage of “gay law”
According to Andres Duque: “over the weekend, El Tiempo, the leading Colombian editorial newspaper, predicted that the bill would not only survive tomorrow's House of Representatives vote but also pass...
Colombia: Pillow Fight Flash Mob
It seems that the spirit of Argentina's recent pillow fight flash mob has spread to Colombia [ES] Get your fluffiest weaponry ready.