Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 20, 2011 | News
At least nine people have been killed in a bus crash some 100 miles west of Colombia’s capital Bogota, local media reported Sunday. The accident took place Saturday on the road connecting the city of Ibague with the nearby...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 19, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s retail sales grew in September at their slowest rate so far this year in a sign that domestic consumption may be moderating, while industrial output grew in the same month versus the same period last year....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 18, 2011 | News
The FARC is responsible for the deaths of two Indian leaders in the northwestern province of Antioquia, the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia, or ONIC, said Thursday. John Dobiana Mecheche and Fabio Domico, both...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 18, 2011 | Economy
Colombian Finance Minister Juan Carlos Echeverry said on Thursday he expected economic growth of between 5% and 5.5% in the fourth quarter versus 6.7% in the third quarter. Resource-rich emerging market countries like Colombia...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 17, 2011 | Economy
Striking Colombian workers have halted operations at the 5-million-tonne-per-year Calenturitas coal mine of Glencore’s Prodeco unit to demand better pay and working conditions, a union said on Thursday. Strikes and...
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