Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 1, 2012 | Economy
Colombia said Wednesday its consolidated budget deficit, which includes the central and regional governments as well as state-owned enterprises, was 2.2% of gross domestic product in 2011, an improvement from the...
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PetroNova Inc said it has found oil at a well in Colombia’s Llanos basin and it plans to drill two more in the block, sending its shares up as much as 13% in early morning trade. Colombia, which has some of the largest oil...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 1, 2012 | Culture
Black Eyes Peas singer Will.i.am announced Tuesday that Colombian singer Shakira will be singing on his upcoming album. Speaking to radio station Capital, the singer said that Shakira will be part of an all-star line-up taking...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 1, 2012 | Economy
Colombia national oil company Ecopetrol said Tuesday its proven net reserves at the end of last year were 1.86 billion barrels of oil equivalent, an 8.3% increase from a year earlier. Ecopetrol is the largest oil company in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 1, 2012 | News
Nineteen Bogota-stationed soldiers were put in quarantine after a mysterious infection killed a soldier of the presidential guard, newspaper El Tiempo reported Wednesday. The soldier died Saturday of a lung infection caused by...
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