Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 12, 2011 | News
An alleged FARC motorcycle bomb has injured ten persons, including the mayor, in a town in the southwest of Colombia, local authorities said Saturday. According to the government secretary of the Cauca department where the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 12, 2011 | zSports
Colombia dropped two valuable points in their bid to reach Brazil 2014 Friday after letting slip a one-goal lead against neighbors Venezuela on a rain-soaked night in Barranquilla. STANDINGS P W D L F A Pts Uruguay 3 2 1 0 9 3 7...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 12, 2011 | Economy
Coal production in Colombia, the world’s No. 4 coal exporter, jumped in the third quarter to 23 million tonnes, up nearly 28% from the same period last year, the country’s mining regulator said on Friday....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 11, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s central bank on Friday revised its economic growth forecasts for this year and next and warned it could cut the key lending rate to protect the Andean nation if there were another global economic shock. Emerging...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 10, 2011 | zSports
Jackson Martinez will partner Teofilo Gutierrez up front for Colombia’s crunch World Cup qualifier against Venezuela Friday night, coach Leonel Alvarez confirmed Thursday. The Mexican-based striker received the nod from...
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