Posted by Matt Snyder | Jul 12, 2011 | News
The leftwing Colombian political party Polo Democratico Alternativo (PDA) announced Monday that it had selected a new chairman. Former Senator Jaime Dussan was selected to lead the party until current Bogota Mayor Clara Lopez...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 11, 2011 | News
A Colombian political analyst announced Monday that he will sue ex-President Alvaro Uribe for slander. Leon Valencia, of the Fundacion Nuevo Arco Iris, a Colombian think tank, announced that he will file a libel suit against...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 11, 2011 | Economy
The stock prices of Colombia’s largest companies fell Monday due to the issuance of new shares and declining oil prices. Stocks in Exito, a superstore retailer and Colombia’s largest publicly traded company fell 2.2%...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 11, 2011 | News
Helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky announced last week that it will build a new helicopter flight simulator and training center in Colombia. The flight simulator will feature a detailed replica of a Black Hawk, complete with...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 11, 2011 | News
Two members of the ELN, a Colombian guerrilla group, were killed in a government air strike, Radio Caracol reported Monday. The fighters were killed when the Colombian air force bombed what it suspected to be an ELN camp....
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