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  New Viagra Dessert Stimulates Your Taste Buds — And More

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:55 PM ET

  little, um, excited, we're not surprised. Why? The concoction features a very special ingredient: Viagra. Students at a state cooking school in the Colombian province of Quindio crafted the randy confection, which they dubbed the "love dessert," and recently debuted it at the "Gastronomy 2009 Read More

  More like this in: Chocolate, Cooking, The Associated Press, World, Life & Style, Americas, Food & Drink, Relationships
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  It's the Pirates' Life for Me!

  By David Jenison | Thu Nov 5, 2009 4:06 PM ET

  I never imagined. Local sailboat skippers, who did God knows what before this, are now offering five-day trips between Panama City and Cartagena, Colombia with stops at the beautiful, tropical San Blas Islands.And the price for this adventure? It's about the same price as the plane ticket, an Read More

  More like this in: Islands, South America, Central America, Panama, Travel, Americas, Destinations, Leisure Travel
• Space Clown on a Mission

  By Kendall Hunter | Fri Oct 2, 2009 9:27 PM ET

  Earth for Water" will be live-streamed on the One Drop foundation Web site and will feature such prominent figures as former vice-president Al Gore, Colombian pop star, Shakira, and the rock band, U2.The 50-year-old Laliberté started as a street performer and rose to an estimated net worth o Read More

  More like this in: U2 , Al Gore, Travel, Space, Russia, International Space Station, Clowns, guy laliberte, Cirque du Soleil, Man Booker Prize, One Drop Foundation
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  Juanes Rocks Clinton Global Initiative

  By David Jenison | Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:44 PM ET

  many exiles to the powerful possibilities of developing more cultural and academic exchanges between the United States and Cuba."Juanes, an activist Colombian superstar who's already won a Grammy and 17 Latin Grammys, then brought that same attitude of peace and unity to New York City where h Read More

  More like this in: Bill Clinton, Alicia Keys, Clinton Global Initiative, New York, New York City, United States, Hair, Rwanda, Mali, Cuba
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  Semantic Web Connects Families in War-torn Colombia

  By Steve Tanner | Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:55 PM ET

  for Web 2.0 platforms like Facebook, but an international team of researchers has found a truly important use for the Semantic Web -- reuniting Colombians (capital city Bogota pictured above) displaced by years of civil war. An estimated 4.3 million Colombians, or 10 percent of th Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Facebook, Red Cross, World, Technology, Americas, Tech Does Good, Cutting-edge
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  Whoa Nelly, eh?

  By David Jenison | Thu Sep 3, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  roots by recording a Spanish album (as previously reported here). Fans around the world responded by helping "Manos Al Aire" reached No. 1 in Italy, Colombia, Chile, Germany and Central America in addition to the aforementioned U.S. Latin chart. The song will appear on the Grammy winner's ne Read More

  More like this in: Germany, Chile, Italy, Grammy, Central America, Josh Groban, Nelly Furtado
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  In Colombia, Internet for All

  By Katherine Gustafson | Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:28 PM ET

  organizations outside the United States that are using creative strategies to widen access to computers and the Internet. This year's winner: Colombia's Fundación Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM Foundation), which is being honored for “innovative use of technology in publi Read More

  More like this in: Bill Gates, Microsoft, Health, Technology, Education, HIV / AIDS, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (B&MGF), Community Development, Melinda Gates, Computers and the Internet, Children's Health
• Drug Money Does Good?

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Wed Jul 22, 2009 5:15 PM ET

  feeling.Also on site is an Escobar museum, which the park's administrator says is there to remind folks about the drug kingpin's undeniable role in Colombian history. Though he has a mixed legacy -- some saw Escobar as a Robin Hood-like figure because he used some of his riches to give to th Read More

  More like this in: Michael Jackson, Concrete, Elephants, Robin Hood, Business
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  Free Shakira!

  By David Jenison | Fri Jul 10, 2009 5:47 PM ET

  As part of the promotion, ABC will integrate the singer's music into its various platforms and outlets, though no other specifics were given. The Colombia-born star is also promoting the single with a viral campaign, notably the She Wolf Hunter website. A noted philanthropist, Shakir Read More

  More like this in: Shakira, Music, Charity, Entertainment, Music
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  Hilary Duff named Ambassador to the Youth in Bogota

  By Wynter Mitchell | Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:00 PM ET

  in league with another multi-talented star, Shakira, who launched a similar program (the Barefoot Foundation) that supports schools in her nativ Read More

  More like this in: Hollywood, Restaurants, Food Safety, Hilary Duff, Entertainment, Celebrity