Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 16, 2011 | News
The departing head of Colombia’s oil agency said on Thursday corruption allegations against him were unjust and warned that rising social protests were the main threat to the burgeoning sector. The Andean country’s...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 15, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s Colcap index gained 1.14% on volume of COP170.6 billion. Ecopetrol led the index higher with an increase of 2.82%, while ETB pushed ahead with gains of 5.43%. Canacol announced an agreement to farm out 30% of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 15, 2011 | News
Alleged members of drug trafficking organization “Los Rastrojos” have killed two people and kidnapped 13 others in the south west of Colombia. Nine of the kidnap victims were later released, authorities said...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 14, 2011 | News
Colombia’s Catholic Church on Tuesday urged the country’s government to step up security measures for threatened priests. According to church representatives, seven priests have been murdered so far this year....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Sep 14, 2011 | News
Homicides in Medellin have dropped 16% in the first eight months of 2011 compared to the same period last year, the local government said Tuesday. According to Government Secretary Juan Felipe Palau Angel, 1,257 people were...
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