Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 23, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Friday called on the country’s illegal armed groups like the FARC to release the children from the rebel groups’ ranks. The president took part in an event in the capital of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 23, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday expressed his country’s solidarity with Norway, where a double terrorist attack killed more than 91 people on Friday. Through his Twitter account, the Colombian head of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 23, 2011 | Economy
Colombia state oil firm Ecopetrol said on Friday it will offer nearly $1.4 billion, or 1.67 percent of its current capital, in a share sale starting July 27. The company will offer 675.68 million shares at 3,700 pesos ($2.10)...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 23, 2011 | Culture
Members of the afro-colombian community of Bajamar, a slum on the outskirts of the Pacific port city of Buenaventura are keeping their spirits up through their music. The community lives in wooden shacks built on poles and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 22, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s 30-million-ton-a-year Puerto Brisa port has been delayed to the second half of 2012 for further discussions with local indigenous communities, its president said. The world’s No. 4 coal exporter expects to...
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