Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 26, 2012 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos asked citizens Satuday to help the country’s security forces in fighting crime, but warned them not to take law into their own hands. According to Santos, cooperation between the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s benchmark stock index fell Friday despite gains in the heavily weighted oil shares, while the peso was nearly flat against the dollar. The Colcap index, the benchmark measure for Colombia’s largest...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2012 | zSports
Colombian baseball superstar Edgar Renteria will retire if no club is willing to meet his contract demands, he told Colombian daily El Heraldo. “If they don’t offer me what I think my work is worth, I’m going...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 23, 2012 | News
Colombian stocks rose Thursday led by big gains in shares of oil producer Pacific Rubiales (PEGFF, PRE.T) after the company announced a 52% increase in reserves. The Colcap index, which tracks blue-chip stocks on the Colombian...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 23, 2012 | Economy
Canadian energy company Pacific Rubiales boosted its Colombian oil reserves by 52% in 2011, thanks to greater exploration in the country, the company said Thursday. Pacific Rubiales, the largest oil producer in Colombia,...
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