Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 27, 2011 | Economy
Colombian stocks rose Thursday, tracking the sharp gains in U.S. markets as investors cheered a deal by European leaders to try to resolve the region’s debt woes, while the peso strengthened against the dollar. The Colcap...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 27, 2011 | Economy
The Alabama-based Drummond Co. filed a federal defamation lawsuit against a Washington labor lawyer who has campaigned publicly and in court for years trying to link its Colombia coal-mining operations to paramilitary violence...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 26, 2011 | News
Tens of thousands of students took to the streets in several Colombian cities Wednesday to protest against a planned reform of the country’s higher education. According to local media, the march occured largely without...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 26, 2011 | Economy
Colombia stocks ended marginally higher Wednesday in a volatile session marked by worries about oil company Pacific Rubiales, whose workers have been on strike for three days demanding better wages. The Colombian Stock...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 26, 2011 | News
A grenade thrown at a meat warehouse in the violence-ridden southwest Colombian town of Tumaco killed one and injured at least nine Tuesday. According to media reports, unknown attackers threw the grenade at the warehouse that...
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