Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 18, 2011 | News
Alleged guerrillas of the FARC attacked a convoy of Emerald Energy, a subsidiary of Chinese Sinochem, in the south of Colombia Saturday. One oil worker died in the attack. According to Colombia’s military, the guerrillas...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 17, 2011 | News
A seven-year old girl died and six children and three adults were injured in a FARC attack on a rural community in the southwest of Colombia Friday. According to several media reports, the girl was killed when an grenade...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 17, 2011 | News
Colombian ex-Senator Piedad Cordoba on Friday insisted that the FARC will be releasing hostages. On Twitter, the controversial politician said that “we are moving forward with the next releases!!! We have sworn to succeed...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 17, 2011 | Economy
Colombia has risen from being an “emerging” to “frontier” market in the Dow Jones Indexes Country Classification System, the company announced Friday. Dow Jones Indexes Country Classification System...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 17, 2011 | Economy
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that he opposed free trade deals with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea but set the stage for moving forward on the stalled accords next week. “I do not like the Colombia...
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