Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 12, 2012 | News
Colombia’s second largest rebel group ELN on Tuesday vowed to continue attacks on multinational oil and mining corporations until the government has created conditions for peace talks. While reaffirming the rebel...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 12, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s online discount coupon industry experienced 100,000 monthly transactions with annual sales figures of approximately $50 million (close to 90 billion pesos) in 2011, recently published figures show. The online discount...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 11, 2012 | News
The president of Colombia’s House of Representatives on Monday threatened to withhold lawmakers’ salaries if they fail to sufficiently show up in Congress. A day before suspending Tuesday’s plenary session...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 10, 2012 | News
“Timochenko,” the supreme leader of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC has entered the world of Twitter. Under the account of @timochenko_farc and using his real name Timoleon Jimenez, the FARC leader took his...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 10, 2012 | Economy
Representatives of Colombian businesses rang the bell at the start of trading of the New York Stock Exchange Monday. The ceremonial opening of trading was also the beginning of Colombia Day, an event organized to promote...
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