Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 19, 2011 | Economy
The all-consuming negotiations in Washington on the nation’s debt and deficit may not leave any time this summer for Congress to finalize a free trade agreements with Colombia backed by most lawmakers and billed by the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 19, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s Colcap roared back Tuesday after weeks of sub-par performance. The index gained 2.45% on volume of COP220.9 billion. All but three names were flat or up with Pacific Rubiales leading the way with a gain of 5.91%...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 19, 2011 | Culture
A New York artist is on his way from the southwest-Colombian Huila department to his home town to display a collection of paintings he made of the coffee production process in one of Colombia’s renowned coffee regions....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 19, 2011 | Bogota
Britney Spears will be performing Bogota; the pop diva’s first time in Colombia, local media reported Tuesday. According to culture website Vive.in, Spears will be performing in Bogota on November 26 as part of her Femme...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 19, 2011 | News
Former Agricultural Minister Andres Felipe Arias was barred on Tuesday from holding public office for 16 years for granting government subsidies to politically powerful families rather than poor farmers for whom the subsidy was...
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