Posted 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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 21, 2012 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos made his first attempt his first public attempt to re-establish confidence between government and lawmakers Friday at the inauguration of a new legislative year. The relations between the...
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