Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 3, 2012 | News
Colombia police said Monday that homicides dropped 5% in 2011 compared to the year before, reiterating that the country’s homicide rate is at its lowest since 1984. Monday’s final report followed a preliminary report...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 3, 2012 | News
Colombia’s National Police released video material and details Monday regarding the operation that killed drug lord “Giovanni,” leader of the powerful “Urabeños” on January 1. According to the...
Read MorePosted 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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 2, 2012 | News
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...
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