Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 30, 2011 | Lite
Controversial U.S. actor Charlie Sheen is in Colombia to scout locations for a movie he is developing and got himself into trouble for smoking in a non-smoking establishment. According to TMZ, Sheen said he is scouting locations...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 29, 2011 | News
Colombian rebel group FARC said Tuesday it regretted the death of four hostages executed by the guerrillas during a “demented rescue attempt ordered by the Colombian government”. In a press statement on the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 29, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s currency was 1.1% weaker against the dollar on Tuesday at 1,972 pesos as investors start betting on an expected end-of-year slump in the peso that would bring it to the psychological COP2,000 mark....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 28, 2011 | Economy
Colombian stocks surged Monday following a sharp rebound in U.S. stocks triggered by hopes of a pact in Europe stemming the region’s sovereign debt-crisis. The Colcap index, the benchmark for Colombian shares, is up 2.2%...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 28, 2011 | Economy
Colombia dropped in the Futurebrand 2011-2012 Country Brand Index and ended up 14th of 19 Latin American countries. LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRY BRAND INDEX Costa Rica Brazil Argentina Chile Peru Mexico Uruguay Dominican Republic Cuba...
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