Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 19, 2012 | Economy
Colombian stocks surged toward their highest price levels of the year Wednesday on optimism over efforts by the International Monetary Fund to repair global debt problems. The Colcap index, considered the benchmark for the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 18, 2012 | News
Colombia’s Supreme Court convicted three former Congressmen Wednesday of using the intimidation of right-wing death squads to get voted into office. Former Congressmen Luis Alberto Gil, Alfonso Riaño and Oscar Josue Reyes...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 18, 2012 | zSports
Colombia rose from 36 to 35 in the FIFA soccer federation world ranking. “Los Cafeteros,” hours from signing Argentine Jose Pekerman as their head coach, saw their global position improve slightly due to a five-point...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 18, 2012 | News
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe slammed a proposal for a ceasefire between the country’s government and guerrilla groups and called to “eliminate” the rebels’ “refuge in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 18, 2012 | Lite
The shaman who was paid $12,000 to keep away rains at the U-20 World Cup Soccer was also paid to secure a sunny inauguration of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in 2010. Jorge Elias Gonzalez, the shaman who apparently...
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