Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 22, 2011 | Lite
Nine of 22 Miss Colombia candidates posed for Colombian men’s magazine Cromos only weeks before the country’s most important beauty pageant kicks off. In the magazine’s latest edition, the beauty queens...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 22, 2011 | Economy
U.S. labor union United Steelworkers sent Hillary Clinton an “emergency alert” Friday warning Secretary of State that Colombian unionists are under an “elevated threat” after Washington approved a free...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 20, 2011 | Economy
Colombian stocks closed higher Thursday, led by gains in textile maker Fabricato, an exporter that stands to benefit from a U.S.-Colombia free-trade deal that will be signed into law Friday at the White House. The Colombian...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 20, 2011 | Guests
Bogota is reaching a crucial juncture. This city, which just a few years ago was seen as a progressive, innovative example for other developing world cities, is today choked by traffic jams and pollution, its mayor in prison on...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 19, 2011 | Economy
Colombia moved to limit the foreign-exchange operations of large local pension funds, a move geared at curbing short-term volatility in the exchange rate. The Finance Ministry said obligatory pension funds will only be allowed...
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