Posted 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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 26, 2011 | News
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...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 25, 2011 | News
Colombian journalist Hollman Morris received the International Nuremberg Human Rights Award on Sunday in Germany for his coverage of political violence in his native country. ‘You are the Colombian voice of freedom. You...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 25, 2011 | Guests
Having entered Colombia with a U.S. passport, you would expect to be able to leave the country with the same passport without difficulty if you have otherwise respected the visa duration. This apparently is not always so. The...
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