Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 1, 2011 | News
With a change of defense minister Wednesday, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos broke both strategically and personally with the military strategy of the “Democratic Security” policy that was initiated under...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 1, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s consumer prices are forecast to rise 0.11% in August, slowing down from 0.14% increase a month earlier, according to average estimate of analysts surveyed by Reuters. The range of forecasts among the 36 analysts...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 1, 2011 | zSports
Colombian athlete Caterine Ibarguen won triple jump bronze Thursday at the World Athletics Championships held in Daegu, South Korea. The Medellin-born athlete jumped 14.84 meters, being beaten to victory only by...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 1, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Senate president was hospitalized Wednesday after reportedly suffering a heart attack while having lunch in a Bogota restaurant. According to media reports, Senator Juan Manuel Corzo became unwell while having...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 1, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s government said Wednesday it aims to further reduce its holdings in Colombia Telecomunicaciones, or Telecom, which is 51% controlled by Spain’s Telefonica SA and is Colombia’s biggest fixed-line...
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