Govt to stimulate Colombia’s flower industry
President Juan Manuel Santos proposed eight stimuli to encourage floriculture, In an effort to strengthen an industry that produces140,000 direct jobs. The head of state made his announcement from Bogota…
President Juan Manuel Santos proposed eight stimuli to encourage floriculture, In an effort to strengthen an industry that produces140,000 direct jobs. The head of state made his announcement from Bogota…
The Colombian internal conflict cost the country an average of $2.67 billion each year annually between 1980 and 2005, according to Finance Minister Juan Carlos Echeverry, newspaper El Espectador reported. With…
Four alleged FARC guerrillas from the 18th Front were killed by the army Thursday in the Nudo de Paramillo region near the border of Antioquia and Cordoba, El Espectador reports.…
Business executives traveling to Colombia will be happy to hear that the Andean nation has outshone its neighbors in a recent survey on safety in the region. The Latin American…
One hundred pounds of explosives suspected of belonging to the FARC were found by security forces in southwest Colombia, reported newspaper El Espectador Tuesday. An army unit patrolling the rural area…
Adventure turned to tragedy Tuesday when a bungee cord snapped on the Miraflores bridge in central Colombia, killing a tourist. “At that moment you heard a silence super ugly, and…
A drug trafficking route from Colombia’s central coffee zone stretching all the way to the Pacific coast is increasing violence in the region, according to a Colombian human rights organization.…
A Colombian human rights NGO on Monday criticized Juan Manuel Santos’ commitment to human rights while he was serving as defense minister from 2006 to 2009. “The national government and…
President Juan Manuel Santos announced Monday a number of legislative reforms aimed at restructuring ministries and state agencies as part of a recent measure granting him more authority. Of the…