Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 25, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s central bank is seen raising its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.5 percent at its Friday meeting, all but one of 25 analysts polled by Reuters said on Monday. The raise would be the sixth...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 25, 2011 | Pacific
About 100 humpback whales have made their annual “pilgrimage” to the warm waters off the Pacific coast of Colombia to breed, reproduce and raise their calves, experts tracking the marine mammals’ movements...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 25, 2011 | From the editor
The stories of two U.S. citizens silenced for their reporting on Colombia, one by the FARC rebel group, and the other by the government intelligence agency DAS, show that freedom of speech still has a long way to come in the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 25, 2011 | News
Flights from and to the airport of the northern Colombian city of Barranquilla were suspended for a few hours on Sunday after a minor accident with a Colombian Air Force aircraft. According to several media, the airplane flew...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 24, 2011 | News
Colombia’s armed forces have killed three members of the FARC in combat in the central Meta department, defense sources told local media Sunday. The combat took place Saturday in the La Macarena region, only miles from the...
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