Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 30, 2011 | News
The U.S. government said Thursday that it was hitting two Lebanese-Colombian men and dozens of companies they run with sanctions for allegedly laundering money on behalf of Mexican and Colombian drug cartels. Officials said one...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 30, 2011 | Economy
Colombia, alongside U.S.-based Chevron Corp., has agreed to continue exporting natural gas to energy-rich neighbor Venezuela for two-and-a-half years more, as part of a deal that began in 2008. Colombia’s national oil...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 29, 2011 | Economy
The Colombian economy could be slowing down despite posting strong gains in recent months while the risk of a “disorderly adjustment” in Europe remains a threat to Colombia’s economic performance, the central...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 29, 2011 | Economy
Colombian stocks ended sharply lower Thursday, a fitting end to a year in which the bourse’s benchmark stock index declined during each and every quarter. The Colcap index, considered the benchmark for the Colombian Stock...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 29, 2011 | News
92% of over 26,000 former fighters of paramilitary organization AUC have registered with authorities and avoid jail sentences on terrorism charges. The former paramilitaries were forced to notify the authorities of their...
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