Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 24, 2011 | News
The death toll from an explosion at a coal mine in northern Colombia, believed to have been caused by an accumulation of methane gas, has risen to seven, authorities said Friday. Colombia’s mining regulator Ingeominas had last...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 23, 2011 | News
Five members of one family were killed in a traffic accident in central Colombia. The family members were on their way from the city of Neiva to a family reunion in the capital of Bogota when their car crash while trying to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 22, 2011 | Economy
Colombia is looking to foreign investors to help the country improve its infrastructure after years of ambitious projects that were later abandoned, President Juan Manuel Santos told the Council of the Americas in New York on...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 22, 2011 | Economy
Markets were crushed around the world Thursday and Colombia wasn’t spared. Markets here were rattled, especially as oil prices dropped more than 6.5% leading all 4 oil companies listed on the BVC to extremely poor days....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 22, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s economy grew 5.2 percent in the second quarter compared with the same period a year ago, fueled by a boom in the mining and oil sectors. While the United States struggles with high unemployment and the risk of...
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