Microsoft denies FARC links
Software giant Microsoft denies having sold software packages to Colombia’s largest guerrilla group FARC after repeated allegations the rebel group only uses Microsoft Windows™, and Office in their war…
Software giant Microsoft denies having sold software packages to Colombia’s largest guerrilla group FARC after repeated allegations the rebel group only uses Microsoft Windows™, and Office in their war…
Virtually all Colombian beer brands are brewed by one company, Bavaria S.A. The SABMiller subsidiary holds 98% of the country’s beer market, not exactly a healthy environment to attempt competition.…
A new poll shows that even the most fanatic of Juan Manuel Santos’ opponents in the June elections have grown to love the Colombian President. The poll, conducted by RCN…
Since the time of La Violencia, negotiations between guerrilla groups (especially the FARC) and the government have mostly been ineffective, aside from a few successes in the early 1990s. As a…
Colombia is one of the CIVETS, a set of six developing nations in which investors see particularly interesting potential. To meet this potential, Colombia’s priority should be the establishment of…
“Alfonso Cano,” supreme leader of guerrilla organization the FARC, was admitted to an improvised jungle mental institute in the Tolima department after he fell in a “very deep clinical depression” on hearing…
Medellin Mayor Alonso Salazar, widely criticized over his administration’s failure to curb violence, fix potholes, and properly finish public works, is highly popular among his personal friends and political allies,…
Not a single Colombian is interested in buying a book by former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, according to a poll released on Tuesday. According to pollster Gallup, all of the 1,200…
Due to ease of travel, low costs of care, and familiarity of modern surroundings, and overall affluence, Cartagena, Colombia is emerging as medical tourism destination for North America [1]. Ease…