Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 21, 2012 | Economy
If Colombia’s government and rebels of the FARC succeed in striking a peace deal, the country’s economy could see Asia-like growth of 6% to 7% for decades, Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas told Bloomberg News. In...
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New York-based think tank Americas Society (A.S.) will award Juan Manuel Santos “in recognition of his extraordinary accomplishments as President of Colombia,” the organization announced Thursday. The Colombian...
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Colombia’s former president Alvaro Uribe is behind the assassination of Carlos and Vicente Castaño, two of the brothers who founded paramilitary organization AUC, says former paramilitary commander “El Aleman.”...
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Former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe demanded Thursday that socialist representative and political enemy Ivan Cepeda clarify his relationship to guerrilla group FARC. “Mister Ivan Cepeda has not clarified his ties to...
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Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe may lose his last major defender in Colombia’s mainstream media as newspaper El Tiempo considers sacking columnist Jose Obdulio Gaviria for presenting fictitious events as...
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