Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 15, 2012 | Economy
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services boosted its outlook on Colombia to positive from stable, saying the country’s push for fiscal reform could improve its debt and interest burdens. S&P affirmed the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 15, 2012 | Tourism
Colombia’s trade minister said Tuesday he expects foreign visits to his country to go up 8.7% in 2012. While presenting the Colombian government’s mid-term achievements, Minister Sergio Diaz-Granados said that...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 15, 2012 | Economy
U.S. labor rights activists fasted Wednesday in support of Colombian former General Motors (GM) workers who have been on hunger strike for three weeks to demand compensation for labor-related diseases. According to human rights...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 15, 2012 | Tourism
More than 26,000 people have visited the London National Geographic store during its Colombia Month, the country’s tourism promotion agency announced Tuesday. During the Colombia Month, visitors to the store were able to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 14, 2012 | Economy
Railway workers at Colombia’s main coal line voted on Monday to end a three-week strike that has paralyzed more than half of coal shipments from the world’s fourth-largest exporter, but the union called the vote...
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