Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 28, 2011 | Economy
Colombia stocks rose Tuesday for the first session in seven as shares of Canacol Energy soared following an announcement by the company of a huge increase in its proved oil reserves. The Colcap index, considered the Colombian...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 28, 2011 | News
Leftist candidate Gustavo Petro is leading the Bogota mayoral race against Green Party candidate Enrique Peñalosa with 19.8% against 13.8%, a poll released on Tuesday showed. Pollster Cifras y Conceptos is the first to put Petro...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 28, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s flagship airline Avianca said Tuesday it has ordered four of Airbus’ A330-200 Freighter aircraft, which will make it the first carrier in Latin America to fly the cargo planes. The new aircraft will...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 28, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Tuesday announced he will send more troops to the southwestern Cauca department where the FARC attacked six villages over the weekend. In a special security meeting, Santos downplayed...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 27, 2011 | Lite
A nearsighted woman claimed the Holy Virgin has appeared in an onion growing on a wooden beam near the city hall of a central Colombian town. Janeth Diaz, the secretary of the mayor in Fusagasuga, told newspaper El Colombiano...
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