Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 24, 2012 | News
Colombia’s vice-President Angelino Garzon is slowly going back to work after cerebrovascular complications forced medics to put the politician in an induced coma. According to local media, Garzon discussed ongoing...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 24, 2012 | News
Colombia’s government and indigenous representatives began talks Monday about escalated tensions in the southwest of the country that followed ongoing fighting between left-wing guerrilla group FARC and government forces....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 23, 2012 | Economy
The Colombian peso dropped 0.5% against the dollar while stocks tracked by the country’s Colcap Index dropped 0.77% Monday as markets worldwide responded to growing concerns over the economic situation in Spain. The shift...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 23, 2012 | Economy
Colombian stocks were down 1.37% in morning trading Monday, tracking a global sell-off linked to jitters over Spain’s higher borrowing costs. The Colcap index, the benchmark for Colombia’s blue-chip stocks, fell...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 23, 2012 | Economy
Laborers at Colombia’s main coal railway went on strike on Monday over pay and working conditions, the company and a senior union official said, threatening to paralyze more than one-half of shipments from the...
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