Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 7, 2011 | News
At least three soldiers were killed and four were injured in combat with FARC guerrillas in the southwest of Colombia, the army reported Saturday. According to an official press statement, the soldiers died when rebels detonated...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 6, 2011 | News
The former analysis chief of Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS was sentenced to eight years and four months in jail for his role in the illegal wiretapping of government opponents, judges and journalists. A Bogota judge...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 6, 2011 | News
The organizers of a failed referendum that sought the 2010 reelection of former President Alvaro Uribe will be criminally charged for financial irregularities in the process to organize the popular vote. The Prosecutor...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 6, 2011 | zSports
Host Colombia asserted its claim to being among the favorites to win the Under-20 World Cup, defeating South Korea 1-0 on Friday to finish atop its group with a perfect record. Colombia finished with nine points in Group A,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 5, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s Colcap index continued the decline initiated Thursday, though losses were limited to 0.83%. Volume was high at COP276 billion, and more importantly the market’s premiere names such as Pacific Rubiales, Ecopetrol...
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