Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 31, 2011 | News
Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe lost a great deal of political influence in Sunday’s local elections, where candidates endorsed by him lost in almost all major cities and in the majority of departments....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 31, 2011 | News
Bogota Mayor-elect Gustavo Petro said Sunday that the Colombian capital’s local electoral results are a “victory of the desire for change.” In his victory speech, the former guerrilla thanked the bogotanos who...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 30, 2011 | Economy
Colombian holding company GrupoSura set a price of 32,500 pesos ($17.44) per share for its issue of preferred shares on Monday, a sale that could raise $2.1 billion to pay for part of its acquisition of ING assets. Some 120...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 30, 2011 | News
The Colombian branch of hacker collective Anonymous announced Sunday it has canceled a planned attack on the National Electoral Council after protests. The hackers had announced the attack on Saturday, but said Sunday morning...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 30, 2011 | News
Electoral observers and authorities Sunday denounced numerous irregularities occurring during Colombia’s local elections. Electoral Observation Mission The obligatory six officially assigned electoral officials are present...
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