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- Buena Vista singer in Bogotá
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Fans of Cuban musicians the Buena Vista Social Club will be excited to hear that one of their most popular members, Omara Portuondo, will be giving a concert in Bogotá on October 1st.
"Feeling's Girlfriend" and "The Voice of Cuba" are just two of the nicknames given to the singer, who has been performing for over fifty years.
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- Stomp to make a racket in Bogotá
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English non-traditional dance troupe Stomp is coming to Bogotá for the first time from September 22nd - September 26th at the Jorge Eliecer Gaitan Theater in Bogota.
Using everyday objects, the group creates a percussion rhythm while dancing in a tribal style, with musical jokes thrown in to keep things lively.
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- Shakira begins world tour in Montreal
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Colombian pop superstar Shakira begins a world tour tonight in Montreal to promote her latest album(s), "Sale el Sol/The Sun Comes Out".
The tour moves on to the United States on September 17th, when Shakira plays at the Mohegan Sun arena at the casino of the same name in Connecticut.
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- Guerilla exhibit at the National Museum
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A new exhibit at Bogota's National Museum explores the life and times of former M-19 guerilla group founder Carlos Pizarro.
The exhibit, entitled "Hacer la paz en Colombia 'ya vuelvo', Carlos Pizarro" explores the process by which M-19 demobilized and made peace with the Colombian government in the 1980s and 90s.
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- September 8, 2010 Blog Posts
Colombian Culture
General Blog
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- September 8, 2010 Blog Posts
Colombian Culture
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- September 6, 2010 Blog Posts
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National News
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- September 14, 2010
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The selection of a Brazilian/Canadian company to manage the Doña Juana landfill turned into a fight on Tuesday.
At the moment the contract was awarded, a lawyer from a competing firm shouted that the process was an "injustice," and that judges would have the last word on who managed the landfill.
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- September 20, 2010
U.S. President Barack Obama will meet his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos for the first time on September 24th in New York, at a United Nations General Assembly meeting.
The two leaders plan to have a conversation about the future relationship between the two countries.