Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 7, 2012 | Economy
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Colombia grew 26% in the first six months of 2012 compared to the same period last year, said the country’s trade minister Monday. According to Minister Sergio Diaz-Granados, foreign...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 6, 2012 | News
More than 200 people have disappeared in Colombia’s third largest city Cali in the first six months of 2012, the local Ombudsman’s Office said Monday. What causes most concern about the disappearances, “is the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 6, 2012 | Bogota
Colombia’s capital Bogota is celebrating its 474th anniversary Monday. To commemorate the founding of the city by Spanish explorer and conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada in 1574, the city’s government has organized several...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 6, 2012 | Economy
Colombia, the U.S. Labor Department and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) signed a pact on Monday to protect labor rights in Colombia. According to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, the pact “is a ratification...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 6, 2012 | Medellin
Medellin opened a new ecological park in the south of the city. The park was constructed in order to offer more green spaces to the citzens of the wealthy south of the city. The 11,500 square-mile “Bosque de la...
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