Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 2, 2012 | News
An explosion in an allegedly illegal gold mine in central Colombia has killed at least three miners, the country’s mining authority said Monday. A spokesperson of the Colombian Institute for geology and Mining told...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 2, 2012 | Economy
Colombian stocks rose Monday amid outsized gains in shares of Canada-based Canacol Energy Ltd., while the Colombian peso strengthened for a second straight session. The Colcap index, the Colombian Stock Exchange’s...
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Mayor Gustavo Petro on Monday announced that half of the new Bogota district government will consist of women. Of the 14 appointed executive officials, seven are men and seven are women. Bogota Capital District government Chief...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 2, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s state-run power generator Isagen SA ESP has received the go-ahead to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange and will start trading Tuesday, a company official said. The Medellin-based firm said in a...
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Panama will decide this month whether it will extradite Colombia’ former intelligence chief who is wanted in her home country over her alleged role in the illegal wiretapping of opponents of former President Alvaro Uribe....
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