Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 20, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s peso was trading at a six-month high Monday morning despite persistent efforts by the government and central bank over the past few weeks to stem the currency’s gains. Cautious expectations of another...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 20, 2012 | Guests
As part of my Happy Nomad Tour I came to Colombia with an open mind, open heart, and some caution. Despite meeting countless amazing Colombians abroad, I couldn’t shake what I had heard about Colombia all my life. Colombia was...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 20, 2012 | News
Colombian and American universities, together with several non-governmental organizations released ten lessons they think should be learned from the 1999 – 2002 peace talks that ended unsuccessfully exactly ten years ago...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 19, 2012 | News
Police in Medellin on Saturday said they have arrested the brother and alleged second-in-command of local crime boss “Sebastian,” leader of the “Oficina de Envigado” which allegedly controls the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 19, 2012 | Tourism
The Colombian government threatens to intervene if a labor dispute with the country’s air-traffic controllers that is causing massive delays and cancellation of flights is not solved before the end of the month. The...
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