Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 2, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s central bank announces it will launch a new 1,000 peso coin to eventually replace the current bill. “We will let the circulation of the 1,000 peso bill come to an end,” central bank director Jose...
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Recent military operations have separated FARC leader “Timochenko” from his personal security forces and isolated him from the guerrilla group, said the commander of Colombia’s Air Force Sunday. According to...
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Thieves have apparently stolen a $6 million airplane from Bogota’s international airport, Colombia’s aviation authority admitted Monday. The Super King Air 300 disappeared from Colombia’s most secured airport...
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Central Colombia authorities closed the national “Los Nevados” park Sunday after an increase in seismic activity of the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Meteorological authorities raised the alert level to orange in 17...
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Google shut down the Youtube account of a key witness in the trial against Colombia’s former chief prosecutor who is accused of having ties to paramilitary groups. Witness Richard Riaño was a former agent of the technical...
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