n colombia founder s adriaan alsema key people adriaan alsema editor in chief jenifer rivera coordinator employees 10 website colombiareports.com alexa rank 174 993 september 2016 update 1 type of site news advertising yes registration optional available in english launched 2008 current status active colombia reports is a colombian news website in english founded in 2008 by dutch journalist adriaan alsema and headquartered in medell n. it claims to be independent and not affiliated with any political or social organization . 2 the site started as a weblog just to bring colombian news in english in a way it wasn t being brought . 3 alsema claimed in a 2009 interview that even though colombia is one of the most important countries for u.s. foreign policy in latin america the information available to those that don t speak spanish was very limited . on february 26 2014 colombia reports received angel funding from gitp ventures 4 in order to more aggressively expand the company s offerings in the marketplace . 5 gitp ventures and colombia reports parted ways on february 9 2016 with alsema stating in an editorial that running a news website almost automatically creates conflicts with the economic interests of investors . 6 controversies edit colombia reports has never shied away from controversy including editorials by alsema about sex in colombia 7 and interviews by staff with colombian sex tourists . 8 in april 2015 colombia reports editor in chief adriaan alsema published a series of articles claiming that between 2003 and 2007 us military personnel and contractors had sexually abused many colombian children . by june 2015 it was discovered that the source for these articles was faulty and alsema was forced to retract those stories expressing regret that he felt responsible for having spread an urban myth . 9 references edit colombiareports.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2016 09 15 . about colombia reports . retrieved 12 june 2011 . rodas albeiro 16 june 2009 . colombia reports for good looking intellectuals . colombia passport . retrieved 15 april 2013 . colombia reports raises funding from gitp ventures . 26 february 2014 . retrieved 30 september 2014 . gitp colombia reports announcement party . 8 march 2014 . retrieved 30 september 2014 . independent again colombia reports celebrates 8th anniversary . 9 february 2016 . retrieved 15 september 2016 . colombia and sex . colombia reports . 19 february 2016 . retrieved 15 september 2016 . the other side of the debate ; colombia s sex tourists get a say . colombia reports . 19 february 2016 . retrieved 15 september 2016 . worse than nothing . wync . 5 june 2015 . retrieved 15 september 2016 . external links edit colombia reports this colombia related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title colombia reports & oldid 739668798 categories colombian websitesmedia in colombiamedia in medell ncolombia stubshidden categories articles containing potentially dated statements from september 2016all articles containing potentially dated statementsall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 september 2016 at 05 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view