Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 16, 2011 | News
A court in the north of Colombia on Friday sentenced members of the military to between 28 and 55 years in prison for the kidnapping and killing of two men from a city just south of Bogota. The two victims were part of a group...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 15, 2011 | Lite
Bogota on Thursday elected Melisa Cano as the capital’s representative for the Miss Colombia beauty pageant to be held in Cartagena in November. The new Miss Bogota is 20-years old marketing student and is 5ft9 tall....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 15, 2011 | Cartagena
Cartagena’s mayor and locals call signs for the newly inaugurated double decker tourism bus “illegal” but the bus company’s president says they are legal and powerful families with interests in tourism...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 15, 2011 | Economy
Imports to Colombia continued to surge during May, fueled by an improved economic landscape and higher consumption, especially in the automobile sector, figures published Thursday by the government show. Imports in May surged...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 15, 2011 | Economy
The Colcap index on Thursday quickly erased Wednesday’s gains as it racked up a loss of 1.59% in today’s session. Volume was below recent daily averages as COP128.3 billion changed hands. Canacol led the downside as it shed...
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