Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 29, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s currency was 1.1% weaker against the dollar on Tuesday at 1,972 pesos as investors start betting on an expected end-of-year slump in the peso that would bring it to the psychological COP2,000 mark....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 28, 2011 | Economy
Colombian stocks surged Monday following a sharp rebound in U.S. stocks triggered by hopes of a pact in Europe stemming the region’s sovereign debt-crisis. The Colcap index, the benchmark for Colombian shares, is up 2.2%...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 28, 2011 | Economy
Colombia dropped in the Futurebrand 2011-2012 Country Brand Index and ended up 14th of 19 Latin American countries. LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRY BRAND INDEX Costa Rica Brazil Argentina Chile Peru Mexico Uruguay Dominican Republic Cuba...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 28, 2011 | Pacific
A group of American surfers traveled to Nuqui to try out the waves of Colombia’s Pacific coast. According to surfers’ weblog Windsurf Colombia, it was second time the Blueline Paddlesurf team from Santa Barbara hit...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 27, 2011 | Economy
Some 250,000 Colombian miners began a national strike Saturday to protest the alleged privileged treatment of multinational mining companies over smaller, domestic mining corporations. The miners, represented by the National...
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