Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 28, 2012 | zSports
When Rigoberto Uran escaped from the leading group during the Olympic men’s cycling road race, he was “thinking of gold.” However, the Colombian lost the sprint to Alexander Vinokourov of Kazakhstan, because...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 28, 2012 | zSports
Cyclist Rigoberto Uran won silver, Colombia’s first Olympic medal, Saturday in the men’s cycling road race. Uran ended only a fraction of a second after gold-medal winner Alexander Vinokourov after being beaten by...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 28, 2012 | News
Colombia vows to increase the presence of police and military authorities on the Ecuadorean border to counter the activity of rebel and drug-trafficking groups in the region. “We have to strengthen the institutional...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 28, 2012 | News
Indigenous leaders in the southwest in Colombia on Friday suspended reconciliation talks with the government after the country’s ministers of interior and defense failed to attend the scheduled meeting. “We have...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 28, 2012 | News
Colombia’s central bank unexpectedly reduced its main interest rate Friday for the first time since 2010 amid signs the economy is at risk of a sharp downturn due to declining global prices for oil, the country’s top...
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