Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 17, 2011 | Economy
Canada-based energy firm Drift Lake Resources Inc. said it will take a minority stake in a promising oil block in Colombia operated by another Canadian firm, Petrodorado Energy Ltd. Under the agreement, Drift Lake unit Sintana...
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The top ten most expensive cities Oslo Zurich Geneva Copenhagen Stockholm Tokyo Sydney Helsinki Toronto Singapore Colombia’s capital Bogota is the fourth most expensive city in Latin America, a study by Swiss bank UBS...
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Former Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba on Tuesday asked guerrilla groups FARC and ELN to jointly take part in a dialogue with her peace activist group “Colombians for Peace.” Cordoba did so in an open letter to the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 16, 2011 | zSports
Tejo, Colombia’s curious national sport, is growing increasingly popular among women. In the department of Boyaca, the birth ground of tejo, there is now a women’s league for the traditionally macho game. Washington...
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Two men have died after consuming the drug ayahuasca in a massive “purification” ceremony in the north of Colombia, local authorities said Monday. According to prosecutors who talked to media, the two victims were...
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