Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 20, 2011 | News
Suspended Bogota mayor Samuel Moreno will have to wait until noon on Friday to find out whether he will be sent to prison ahead of his corruption trial after the judge suspended proceedings. Following a marathon hearing that...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 19, 2011 | Tourism
Colombia’s statistics agency DANE announced Monday that revenue for the country’s hotel sector grew 3.8% in July compared to the same month last year. According to the DANE report, revenue grew 5.3% in the first...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 19, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s retail sales and industrial output rose in July, extending a trend showing the country’s economic growth is being mainly fueled by a surge in household consumption. Retail sales jumped 11.8% in July from...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 19, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA, or Sura, said Monday it has no intention of flipping ING Groep NV’s Mexican assets, which the Colombian group is in the process of acquiring as part of a broader deal....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 19, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s economy is seen growing at a scorching 5.21% year-on-year rate in the second quarter versus 5.1 in the first three months of 2011, according to the average of 34 analysts in a Reuters poll published on Monday....
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