3,972 Colombian facebookers have joined an invitation to participate in a march against the sue-attempt of politician Ingrid Betancourt against the Colombian state as responsible for her Farc kidnapping between 2002 and 2008. Her intention of what she called a ‘conciliation’ with the Colombian government, brought a spontaneous condemnation inside and outside Colombia from several sectors. (more…)
It is already well known that the first Spanish country to open the gates to Facebook was Colombia. Then, it is likely to be that the first president of a country with a Facebook campaign might be Colombian. Surely, if the presidential candidate Antanas Mockus is elected president of the Colombians, he will be the first politician in the history of the world that did his campaign through the Internet. (more…)
This week Facebook was news in Colombia: the 14th Judge of Bogotá ordered the arrest of a student of prestigious university Jorge Tadeo Lozano. Nicolás Castro Prestelt created a group in the popular social network that he called ‘Me comprometo a matar a Jerónimo Alberto Uribe, hijo de Álvaro Uribe’ (I commit myself to kill Jerónimo Uribe, son of Álvaro Uribe). He promoted also another group with the title ‘No reelijas la rata que mata’ (Do not reelect the rat that kills).
In the photo, Jerónimo Uribe Jr. File of YVKE Mundial Radio, public domain.







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