Colombia News - The Sacramento Bee

Topic: Colombia

Curation Tools by:

Sacbee.com photos

Stories on sacbee.com

Gesink wins stage, takes overall lead
May 20, 2012

Family in limbo, facing deportation to two countries
April 30, 2012

Festival de la Familia highlights Latinos' growing presence
April 30, 2012

Dana Milbank: It's not so secret what kind of service this federal agency seeks
April 19, 2012

McClatchy blogs
March 11, 2012

Theater review: B Street's 'In Absentia' a superb comedic drama
March 09, 2012

Colombia Videos

Secret Service Director Defends Agents in Prostitute Scandal
May 23, 2012 | Newsy.com

Secret Service Boss: 'I Apologize'
May 23, 2012 | Associated Press

Nuestros Países
May 23, 2012 | WVEN Orlando, FL

Colombia Map

Sacramento Connect

Clinical Trials for Alzheimer’s Disease Preventative Drug to Begin Early 2013
May 22, 2012
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. May 21, 2012 - After an announcement by federal officials approving clinical trials for the drug Crenezumab, researchers searching for a...

Gesink wins stage, takes overall lead
May 20, 2012
MOUNT BALDY – Dutchman Robert Gesink won the difficult seventh stage of the Tour of California on Saturday to take a 46-second lead in the overall standings into...

Legalization alone does not guarantee availability of safe abortion services
May 11, 2012
May 10, 2012 - Evidence shows that restrictive abortion laws contribute substantially to maternal illness and death from unsafe abortion, and, in the last two...

No (Imported) Flowers for Mom this Mother’s Day
May 08, 2012
By Mary Beth Barber Mother’s Day is right around the corner, and you’d think that as a new mom of a 1-year old, I’d oooh and ahh over a couple of nice bouquets...

Amgen Tour of California bicycle race: 5/13-20
April 30, 2012
The Amgen Tour bicycle race will begin the second weekend in May. Absent from this year’s multi-day stage race will be Lake Tahoe, Nevada City, and Sacramento. ...

The Lineup: Photography, music and Festival de la Familia
April 27, 2012
Bee photographer Paul Kitagaki Jr.'s exhibit, "They Wore Their Best … The Japanese-American Evacuation and After."SATURDAY, continuing through May Photo exhibit...

Other local news reports

Amy Goodman: Obama's policies: The real scandal in Cartagena
April 22, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
He spent three days in Colombia, longer than any president in U.S. history. The trip was marred,... ...

Napa vintner donates $ 10 million for new museum of art at UC Davis
December 16, 2011 | UC Davis News
Born in Colombia of Jewish-Lebanese heritage, Shrem grew up in Jerusalem and moved to the U.S. as a teenager. After studying at UCLA, he built a successful publishing business...

From around the web

Secret Service Director to Testify That Security Was Not Breached in Scandal
May 22, 2012 | New York Times
Testimony Wednesday for a Senate committee in Washington will be the director's first public comments on the prostitution scandal in Colombia last month. ...

A recent discovery of a turtle with a shell the size of a "small swimming pool" has...
May 20, 2012 | reddit.com: what's new online
submitted by juancamdingo to science [ link ] [ 35 comments ] ...

Architecture Review: Fighting Crime With Architecture in Medellin, Colombia
May 18, 2012 | New York Times
Medellin, Colombia, once famed for murder and cocaine, is now drawing notice for its ambitious urban projects, many aimed at easing life in the city's slums....

Lenddo Raises $ 8M To Use Online Reputation For Lending In Emerging Markets
May 15, 2012 | TechCrunch
The startup is already active in markets like the Philippines and Colombia, where it uses activity on social networks like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter to judge their online...

< b> Alzheimer's: Clock ticking with new plan to fight disease
May 15, 2012 | indystar.com
The study will include people at highest risk, genetically, of the disease, including Americans and a unique group in Colombia.>> The government will begin offering training...

Mullins, AHS girls' tennis coach, will retire
May 14, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Jarupat Onlamool of Thailand and Ana Maria Duque of Colombia were the team' -- s top players. Onlamool qualified for the state tournament.' -- There have been a lot of...

Colombia on twitter

	MT @HuffPostPol Secret Service director apologizes for Colombia prostitution scandal http://t.co/Q3NEGjxw Twitter: @clarehkim
	http://t.co/P3ygedLz Twitter: @Digital_Smokers
	@SweetKakez21 There many countries called Guadeloupe or Guadulupe In Brazil,Mexique,Colombia,Costa Rica,and USA(Texas) Twitter: @PrincePendolino
	@AteeqRasheed yes, I'm live and work in Colombia Twitter: @sinsun162002
	@onedirection you think to do a tour of Colombia? Twitter: @ILoveit_1D
	LOVE FROM COLOMBIA!! (live at http://t.co/fFD9XJ0N) Twitter: @ValenMonsalve1