Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 17, 2012 | Tourism
Colombia’s flagship airline Avianca canceled 21 flights Friday after canceling 24 flights Thursday and 46 flights Wednesday, according to authorities, who said a labor dispute between the government and air-traffic...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 17, 2012 | Economy
Colombian stocks rose to a seven-month high Thursday as heavily traded shares of energy companies gained as a result of higher global oil prices and strong fourth-quarter earnings. The Colcap index, which tracks blue-chip stocks...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 16, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s coal production jumped 15.4% in 2011 to 85.8 million tonnes versus the previous year while exports rose 16 percent to 79.2 million tonnes, the country’s mining regulator said on Thursday. The largest...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 16, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s state oil company Ecopetrol said on Thursday it expects group oil production to rise 10.5% to 800,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boepd) in 2012 versus the previous year. Colombia’s national oil...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 16, 2012 | News
Alvaro Uribe loyalists are studying the possibility of amending the Colombian constitution to allow the former president to be re-elected for a third term. Speaking on behalf of “the majority of the Colombians,”...
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