Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 2, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s state-controlled electricity grid operator Interconexion Electrica SA said Monday its net profit during the first six months was $136 million, a 38% increase from that period a year before. In an emailed...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 1, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana SA, or Sura, plans to create a holding company for the Latin American pension unit it recently agreed to acquire from ING Groep NV and then list an equity stake in the company,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 1, 2011 | Medellin
Medellin’s Flower Festival, the city’s most important cultural event of the year, has a number of recommended activities scheduled for the week. With at least 150 activities in 10 days, it’s easy to get lost,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 1, 2011 | News
FARC rebels have released five oil workers of U.S. company Occidental Petroleum Corporation who had been kidnapped on Friday in the east of Colombia, a senior army official told reporters. The five were kidnapped early Friday...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 31, 2011 | News
The policies of President Juan Manuel Santos are approved by 71% of Colombians, a poll released on Sunday showed. According to the poll, carried out among little over 1,000 people by Ipsos Napoleon Franco in the country’s...
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