Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 10, 2011 | News
Colombian police Wednesday announced the arrest of a woman whom they claim worked as a front for the money laundering activities of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel. Dolly Cifuentes Villa, who was arrested on Tuesday, is said to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 10, 2011 | Economy
The head of an association of multinational oil companies operating in Colombia said Wednesday it’s the government’s job, and not that of the companies themselves, to provide security to oil workers and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 10, 2011 | zSports
James Rodriguez scored a penalty in second-half stoppage time to give Colombia a 3-2 win over Costa Rica on Tuesday and a place in the Under-20 World Cup quarterfinals. Luis Muriel gave Colombia a 1-0 lead in the 56th minute,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 10, 2011 | Economy
Colombian stocks rebounded Tuesday as worries of a global financial crisis receded some and investors moved back, at least temporarily, into riskier assets. The Colcap index, a broad indicator of Colombia’s largest...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Aug 9, 2011 | News
Contrary to a previous report, Colombia’s former intelligence chief Maria del Pilar Hurtado, wanted for the illegal wiretapping of government opponents, did not help re-elect the current Secretary General of Interpol as...
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