Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 24, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s government-run oil firm Ecopetrol SA missed its target of selling COP2.5 trillion ($1.4 billion) in a local share placement that was hobbled by the recent turmoil in international markets and a slump in crude...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 24, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s largest coal producer, Cerrejon, plans to spend around 50-60 percent of a $1.3 billion expansion budget on construction and the rest on equipment, its president said on Wednesday. The company’s plans to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 24, 2011 | News
The Colombian government has abandoned its controversial plan to allow private companies to finance public universities, President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday. The plan led to massive student protests in April....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 23, 2011 | News
Former Senator Piedad Cordoba, who fled the country after allegedly receiving death threats, was protected by at least eight bodyguards, the Colombian government said Monday. According to Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 23, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Inspector General’s Office on Monday barred the suspended governor of the eastern Colombian department of Casanare from holding office for 14 and a half years over corruption charges. Governor Oscar Raul...
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