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I had to share this

I just got stopped by a lady in my office who is scared to death because her husband is going to Colombia for a Schlumberger project. He is one of our video directors and will be going down to do some shoots. She was concerned about his safety in Bogota. I didn't have the heart to tell her that he will likely be going to places like Barrancabermeja and Neiva. I did tell her that she probably had more to worry about with Colombian women than Colombian rebels. He'll likely come back with a smi ...

Emcali to develop Colombia's first WiMax network with Chinese company

http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=73098 For those who have not heard of WiMax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimax

Feliz 7 de Agosto

Feliz 7 de Agosto, For those that don't know, the 7th of August is a national holiday in Colombia. This day commemorates the Battle of Boyaca in 1819. This is the battle that pretty much sealed the victory in the war for the independence of Nueva Granada(Colombia) from Spain. It significance could be compared to that of the Battle of Yorktown. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Boyaca ...

Bomb in downtown Neiva & Combat in San Agustin

I was just told that a large bomb went off in downtown Neiva. There doesn't appear to be anything in the news yet There are also reports of fighting in the area of San Agustin. Supposedly 15 farc dead. http://www.lanacion.com.co/index.php?content=243&id=2952 This is not looking like a good time to be visiting Huila. ...

Download Youtube videos in MP4

This is a neat trick I stumbled upon for downloading youtube videos for playback on my Instinct. It takes advantage of a hidden feature in Youtube. This also works for iPhones, iPods, Zune, PSP, etc. On the desktop, you can use various programs to play back mp4 files. Go to the following link and follow the instructions for your browser. http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/200...mp4-files.html Once you save the bookmark, you simply go to a youtube page and select the bookmark/favorite. It ...

Dichos Colombianos

Encontré una buena lista de dichos y frases típicas Colombianas. 1. A mí me gustan las cuentas claras y el chocolate espeso 2. Uno no es monedita de oro para caerle bien a todo el mundo 3. Píntemela a ver y yo le digo cuántos pares son tres moscas 4. Ni que estuviéramos bravos 5. ¿Durmió conmigo anoche o qué, que no saluda? 6. Esos dos son uña y mugre 7. Me la puso de pa´rriba 8. Que se va de playa, ¿no? 9. Sóbese que no hay pomada 10. Tengo un filo, que si me agacho ...

Orígenes de la bandera Colombiana - Buen sitio con mucha información

Hace poco en el tema de La Bandera mas Bonita, algunas personas preguntaban sobre el origen y significado de la bandera Colombiana. Hoy tope con este articulo que habla del tema. Esta escrito en Español. http://todacolombia.com/simbolos.html En general, me parecio interesante el sitio. Tiene mucha informacion y vale la pena echarle un miradita. ...

Is Fernando Araújo on the way out?

I sure hope so. He has been a silent and useless foreign minister and is only in his position as a result of "palanca" and pity points. He has been effectively absent during the last few months of monumental events in Colombia. This article in El Tiempo and others pose the question. Jaime Bermúdez just resigned as ambassador to Argentina and his name is being floated as a replacement for the useless mute that is Araújo who would presumably be asked to step down. http://www.eltiempo.com/c ...

Video of the actual rescue

There is an big chunk of the video missing, but here you go. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jc1YMgvKzy8

Narco del Cartel de Cali sale a libertad con nueva identidad

Victor Patiño Fómeque esta listo para ingresar al programa de protección de testigos en EEUU. Este cobarde sapo dejo que mas que 30 de sus familiares y amigos pagaran con sus vidas por su libertad. El hijueputa este pagara solo seis años en total de pena. Que tipo de justicia es esta? Si para esto los extraditan, pues mejor que se queden en Colombia. Lo mismo les darán a los jefes paramilitares extraditados? http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/justicia/2008-06-26/victor-patino-fomequ ...

Import Duty Lists

I have seen a few posts in the past that listed the specific duties for importing certain goods into the US from Colombia. Can anyone post a link to a master list of some sort? I have an opportunity to import some Colombian products for distribution in the US and want to get some info on the related duties. Thanks, CG ...

New Airlines to Bogota

I know this topic has been covered before, but it merits an update. I saw a JetBlue counter at the Bogota airport this weekend. I suppose this means that they really are going to start service. Unfortunately, the desk was not staffed so I couldn't ask. I had heard that they were starting in July. Does anyone have the full scoop? I didn't see a Spirit desk, but I didn't look everywhere. I hope they start flying their new route to Bogota as well. I had also heard talk of this route starting ...

Is anyone else having problems with the comment link?

On the "Active" page, I am seeing the numbered comment links on the right show up incorrectly. They are being rendered as http://post/financial-move-opinions/#new instead of http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/financial-move-opinions/#new I am using Firefox 2.0x on Windows XP, but it seems to happen in IE7 as well. I doubt it is a browser issue. ...

Donations for Flood Victims (Colombian Red Cross, etc,)

Hi all, I hate to sound like Mother Teresa with two charity related posts in as many days. I assure you I'm no saint. I was curious as to whether anyone had seen any way to make donations for the victims of the floods in Colombia. Most of these people were poor to begin with and they have been left with nothing. I looked on the Colombian Red Cross site and ConexionColombia.com and didn't see anything related to the floods. I don't currently have Caracol Internacional so they may have som ...

Does anyone know of a good charity that helps gamines?

For those that don't know, "gamines" is the common term used to describe Colombia's street children. I remember once as a child in Bogota, I was at my grandmother's apartment by myself when someone rang our doorbell. The apartment was on the second floor of a small building with just three apartments, so I walked out to the landing and looked out the window. It was a little kid about my age and he was obviously a gamin. He couldn't have been older than 8 or 9 years old. He asked me if I could ...

Apartment Hotels in Northern Bogota

I know this has been discussed before, but things change and I'd like to get some recommendations for very nice apartment hotels in Northern Bogota between around Calle 80 to 130, and Cra 1 to 20. For the longest time, we've stayed at our favorite hotel on Calle 100. It is a small place with great suites, but they didn't honor our reservation last time and left us scrambling for a hotel at midnight. We have stayed there dozens of times and after that BS, we will never stay there again. Co ...

Fidel Caps

I've noticed a trend of hipster douchebags wearing Fidel Castro style caps. I ran into one idiot in my office wearing one just now and humiliated the hell out of his ignorant ass. I even asked the fool if that was a "fidel cap" and he proudly answered "why yes" thinking that I was somehow impressed. I guess this idiot doesn't know what fidel and his cronies in Latin America have put their people through. I wanted to smack the little shit. End of Rant. ...

I-134 Evidence for a K-3

I normally post this type of question on visajourney, but I haven't gotten a response there. As part of the K-3 interview for my wife, I have to submit an I-134 Affidavit of Support along with required evidence. I have printed out my last three 1040 returns from TurboTax. I also have originals and copies of my W2 forms. My question is whether or not I need to sign the returns. It doesn't seem like I should since they are just printed copies of returns that were filed electronically. For thos ...

The downside of allowing new members.

Yum! SPAM! What do you think guys? Should I dump the old lady for this great gal? Maybe I can really "fly highly on the wings of happines". I guess she really likes Obregon paintings of bulls because I'm apparently handsome. Here you go Kat. You can break in those new mod shoes. I am sending you the details in a PM. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- from ------------------------ at yahoo.com reply-to --------------------- ...

Busco empleado que hable muy buen ingles

Estoy buscando un empleado o empleada para trabajar con una empresa que tengo. Necesito alguien que sepa hablar, leer y escribir ingles a un nivel avanzado profesional. La persona debe estar localizada en Colombia y debe tener el derecho legal de trabajar en Colombia. Seria necesario que la persona tenga acceso a internet de banda ancha y Skype. Los costos de estos servicios serian remunerados. El trabajo se trata de un poco de ventas por teléfono a empresas para ofrecer nuestros servicios. ...

Sitio sobre Condorito

Aunque Condorito no es Colombiano, siempre ha sido muy popular en Colombia. Encontre un sitio que tiene una buena galería de portadas, chistes, etc. Disfruten. http://www.sofoca.cl/condorito/ http://www.sofoca.cl/condorito/blog/wp-content/gallery/ ...

GTA IVor other PS3 games in Colombia

At the risk of betraying my geeky side, I was curious as to whether GTA IV had been released in Colombia? I bought it for my PS3 and noticed that you can turn on subtitles and menus in Spanish and French. Consequently, I was curious if it had been officially released in Colombia. For that matter, are any PS3 games released in Colombia. When I'm there, the last thing I want to see is anything resembling a computer, so I never bothered to look or ask. ...

US Airline Quality Rating

The "Airline Quality Rating" for 2008 was just released. It is a joint study between a few universities. Maybe some members with more knowledge of the airline industry would comment about these rankings. http://aqr.aero/pressreleases/2008pressrelease.htm The AQR scores for the largest airlines for 2007 resulted in the following ranking: 1. Air Tran 2. Jet Blue 3. Southwest 4. Northwest 5. Frontier 6. Continental 7. Alaska 8. United 9. American ...

Jerga de Colombia / Colombian Slang

Capaz algunos ya lo conocen, pero este sitio es el mejor para buscar definiciones de jergas Colombianas y de otros países hispanoparlantes. http://www.jergasdehablahispana.org/index.php?PHPSESSID=3fe4e397e0e4606176b2a16146aa543b&pais=Colombia&tipobusqueda=1 Ahora sacaron un diccionario de jergas en español. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1419632205/ref=pd_rvi_gw_1/104-1504214-9294305?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155 ------------------ For the non-Spanish speakers... The abov ...

Nuevo disco y video de Cabas

El artista Colombiano Andres Cabas esta por lanzar su nuevo CD "Amores Difíciles". En los EEUU estará disponible el 15 de Abril. Amazon.com esta tomando ordenes previas. El primer sencillo sera "Bonita". Aquí tienen el nuevo vídeo de esa canción que también se puede ver en http://cabasmusic.com/. Lamentablemente, el audio esta muy comprimido en este archivo y no suena tan bien. Cuando lo saquen en Yahoo, cambio este por ese. By ColombianoGringo on 2008-03-25 09:10:40. 51 comments.

Pregunta para Colombianos que han aprendido Ingles como adultos

Como algunos aquí saben, nos acaban de aprobar la petición para la visa de mi esposa. Todavía tenemos que esperar la entrevista, pero sera solo unos pocos meses mas. Ella acaba de terminar sus carrera de derecho y esta tomando los exámenes de salida. Como parte de sus estudios le ha tocado tomar cursos de ingles, pero la verdad es que su ingles es muy malo. Quería pedir recomendaciones y consejos de hispanoparlantes nativos que hayan aprendido ingles como adultos. Que les ha servido mejo ...

Videos Colombianos on Yahoo

Yahoo recientemente empezó a dejar que los usuarios pusieran sus canciones en otros sitios (como lo hace Youtube). Pues aquí les van unos cuantos vídeos. Tienen muchos mas en music.yahoo.com. La calidad del audio tiende ser un poco mejor que la de Youtube. En el sitio de Yahoo salen con mejor resolución que las versiones que dejan poner aquí. Saludos, CG