Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 19, 2010 | News
The foreign ministers of Colombia and Ecuador are “happy and satisfied” about progress made in re-establishing ties that were cut after a Colombian cross-border attack on a FARC camp in 2008, Colombia’s Foreign...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 19, 2010 | Economy
The delay in the ratification of a free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia is standing in the way of job creation in the U.S., Colombia’s ambassador to Washington said Thursday. According to Ambassador...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 19, 2010 | News
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday declared a state of public calamity in 28 of the country’s 32 departments to deal with emergencies caused by this year’s rainy season, which has caused the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Medellin will become the second city in Colombia to have a film screening in a cemetery, in the renovated Cemetery of San Lorenzo. The movie to be displayed is “Beatriz Gonzalez ¿Por que llora si ya rie?”...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 18, 2010 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday appointed Clemencia Forero Ucros as ambassador to Canada. The new ambassador was instructed by the president to “consolidate the good economic, trade and diplomatic...
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