Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 22, 2011 | Economy
Canada’s Canacol Energy Ltd said it has started heavy oil exploration drilling on its Tamarin and Cedrela exploration and production contracts in Colombia. Canacol, which also has operations in Guyana and Brazil, is the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 22, 2011 | News
Colombian authorities on Tuesday released a video of “El Paisa,” the feared leader of the FARC’s Teofilo Forero Column that is held responsible for several high-profile attacks and the recent kidnapping of four...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 21, 2011 | News
Colombia’s prosecutor general announced Tuesday that she will ask the court to send suspended Bogota Mayor Samuel Moreno to jail while awaiting trial for his alleged responsibility in a major corruption scandal. Prosecutor...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 21, 2011 | Economy
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday threatened to expel an unnamed foreign oil services contractor if the government verifies that the firm bowed to demands for extortion payments from an unidentified illegal armed...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 20, 2011 | Lite
While some of the country’s departments have already elected their contestants for the 2011 Miss Colombia beauty pageant, Bogota’s beauties are still in the running to officially become the capital’s most...
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