Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 22, 2012 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday that “Manuel Marulanda,” the late leader and co-founder of the FARC owned 57 ranches in two departments alone. The information about the late leader’s...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 22, 2012 | News
The United States fails to enforce human rights conditions imposed on aid to Colombia, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Sunday. In its World Report 2012, the human rights organization stated that Washington “provided...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 21, 2012 | News
Alleged rebels of the FARC have attacked a radar station in the Cauca department, killing one policeman and causing delays at the airport of Colombia’s third largest city, Cali, authorities said Saturday. The rebels...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 21, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s second-longest pipeline, the Caño Limon, was bombed by leftist rebels Friday morning and pumping remains halted following an earlier attack one week ago on the same pipeline, an official at national oil company...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 19, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s benchmark blue-chip index fell Thursday, pushed lower by a decline in the shares of state-run oil firm Ecopetrol SA, while the peso weakened slightly against the dollar. The Colcap index fell 0.44% Thursday to...
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