Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 26, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Armed Forces will send more than 2,000 Navy troops to the Pacific coast on the southwest of the country after an unidentified armed group massacred seven people and kidnapped a local politician in the port town...
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has agreed to visit Colombia next year, the country’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin briefly met Clinton in New York City to discuss...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 26, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s top coal exporter Cerrejon LLC has produced about 23 million metric tons through mid-September and is sticking to its full-year output goal of 32 million metric tons despite recent heavy rains, company president...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 26, 2011 | Economy
Colombia has abandoned plans to sell $240 million in international bonds this year over concerns that “wild” market conditions raise the risk of borrowing abroad, Finance Minister Juan Carlos Echeverry told Bloomberg...
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Five people were killed and another six injured Sunday when gunmen opened fire at a group in a beach bar in the violence-ridden Cordoba department. A heavily armed group arrived at the bar in the San Antero municipality around...
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