Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 26, 2011 | Culture
Colombian salsa legend Joe Arroyo died Tuesday at 55 after several weeks in a Barranquilla hospital, several media reported. The singer reportedly died around 7:45AM after spending nearly a month in the hospital where his health...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 26, 2011 | Guests
The last few years have seen several influential works which highlight the importance of trade agreements that are tailor-made to the circumstances of the countries involved. These writings raise important implications for...
Read MorePosted 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...
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