Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 29, 2011 | Economy
The Colombian economy could be slowing down despite posting strong gains in recent months while the risk of a “disorderly adjustment” in Europe remains a threat to Colombia’s economic performance, the central...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 29, 2011 | Economy
Colombian stocks ended sharply lower Thursday, a fitting end to a year in which the bourse’s benchmark stock index declined during each and every quarter. The Colcap index, considered the benchmark for the Colombian Stock...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 29, 2011 | News
92% of over 26,000 former fighters of paramilitary organization AUC have registered with authorities and avoid jail sentences on terrorism charges. The former paramilitaries were forced to notify the authorities of their...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 29, 2011 | News
Authorities in central Colombia arrested the first alleged member of ERPAC who, together with 268 other alleged drug traffickers, was surprisingly released immediately after his surrender Friday. The suspect was arrested on...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 28, 2011 | News
The process leading up to the release of six hostages guerrilla group FARC promised to release may take as long as two months, a representative of the families of the hostages said Wednesday. According to family representative...
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