Forty thousand square kilometers of the Colombian rainforest were lost between 2002 and 2007, according to a study by the Amazonian Institute of Scientific Investigation, reports Dinero. The Amazonian region…
Internet use in Colombia is on the rise, according to a report released Monday by the Ministry for Information Technology and Communications (ITC). The reports says that almost one in…
The son of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar claims that, despite the fact that his father was one of the wealthiest men on the planet, all Juan inherited from him…
Judges at the 2010 Miss Universe competition wouldn’t be blamed for thinking that Britain’s entrant has the wrong sash on. With cascading brunette locks, sultry brown eyes and olive skin,…
Colombia’s Central Bank dropped the interest rate from 3.5% to a new record low base rate of 3%, reports El Espectador. The rate had been set at 3.5% – then…
Colombia’s Union of Registrar Workers warns that if the presidential election ballot papers are transported to Bogota for counting following the close of the polls, it will take several weeks…
Seven Colombian families displaced 14 years ago by paramilitaries, who two months ago returned to their villages of Blanquicet and Macondo, in the central Colombian department of Antioquia, report they are…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has denied claims by former paramilitary leader Salvatore Manusco that the AUC coalition helped Uribe’s election campaign in 2002, reported Pais. “Because of my democratic…
A market analyst writing in the Latin Business Chronicle says Colombian presidential candidate Antanas Mockus is “market friendly” and is expected to continue President Uribe’s policies. Alberto Bernal, head of…