Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 14, 2011 | News
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday he has called former U.S. President George W. Bush to thank him for his support of the free trade agreement (FTA) that was approved by U.S. Congress on Wednesday....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 13, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s imports were up 31.9% in August compared to the same month last year, government statistics agency DANE announced on Thursday. According to the agency’s report, imports amounted to $4.7 billion against...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 13, 2011 | Economy
The Colombian government posted a consolidated fiscal surplus in the first half of the year equivalent to 2.6% of gross domestic product, the Finance Ministry said Thursday in a statement. In the same period last year, the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 13, 2011 | Economy
Angelino Garzon, the vice president of Colombia, is one of the most unlikely defenders of the free-trade agreement that the U.S. Congress passed late Wednesday and that this Andean nation had been awaiting for nearly five years....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 13, 2011 | Economy
The Colombian central bank’s survey of inflation expectations for 2011 showed an increase from the previous month with analysts on average projecting prices to climb 3.43% for the year, within the central bank’s...
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