Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 13, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s benchmark blue-chip index rose Monday, buoyed by gains in U.S. stocks, while the peso strengthened modestly against the dollar. The Colcap index, the benchmark for Colombia’s largest publicly traded firms,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 13, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s central bank chief Jose Dario Uribe said on Monday that the economy likely grew between 5.6 percent and 6.0 percent in 2011, up from an expansion of 4.3 percent in 2010. He also said that economic growth in the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 13, 2012 | Tourism
In an offensive to promote Colombia as a golf tourism destination, the country’s tourism and export promotion agency says it has invited golf critics and members of the Global Gold Tourism Organisation (IAGTO) to try out...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 13, 2012 | From the editor
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is unfairly taking the heat over the country’s apparently failing security policy. The main security challenges Colombia is facing now are rebounding guerrilla groups, urban gangs and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 13, 2012 | News
Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos said Sunday he would allow Brazilian helicopters to take part in a release operation of six FARC hostages, breaking the deadlock generated when the government initially insisted it...
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