Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 27, 2012 | News
Some 100,000 court cases have come to a complete standstill as Colombian judicial workers demanding higher pay enter their third week of strikes, local media reported. The striking judges, prosecutors and other court workers...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 27, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s central bank on Friday held its benchmark interest rate steady for the second straight month, as expected, on signs of support for the local economy and a mixed picture abroad. The majority decision by...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 24, 2012 | Lite
A supposed witch doctor drugs and robs a family who had hired him to cure them of a flu. According to police in the northern Colombian department of Santander, the incident took part in the town of San Gil where police began a...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 24, 2012 | News
A bomb attack on a supermarket in the northern Colombian city of Santa Marta has killed at least two and injured at least ten, local media reported Wednesday. According to local authorities, the attacker threw a grenade into the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 23, 2012 | Guests
The Colombian government’s negotiating position that was revealed at last week’s press conference in Oslo, Norway appears to violate the peace talks agreement reached recently in Havana, Cuba. At the Oslo press conference, lead...
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