Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 7, 2011 | Economy
Shareholders of Colombian utility Empresa de Energia de Bogota (EEB) authorized on Friday the issuance of foreign bonds of up to $610 million to repurchase existing debt. EEB said that the issuance would be used to buy back...
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The brother of FARC leader “Alfonso Cano” has appealed for him to leave his jungle hideout, present his political proposals and bring a peaceful end to nearly five decades of war in the Andean nation. Although...
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Authorities in central Colombia said Thursday they have arrested the cousin of the supreme leader of ERPAC, a feared neo-paramilitary drug trafficking organization. According to the National Police, the arrested Omar Lopez...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 7, 2011 | zSports
Colombia’s Santiago Giraldo lost the quarter finals of the Japan Open against Spain’s Rafael Nadal Friday, but stood strong and forced the Spaniard to a tie-break in the first set. Nadal, winner of last year’s...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Oct 7, 2011 | Economy
Colombian stocks rose Thursday for a third straight day, this time fueled by a surge in oil firm Pacific Rubiales Energy, while the peso extended its recent gains against the dollar. The Colcap index, the benchmark for...
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