Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 19, 2011 | Bogota
Britney Spears will be performing Bogota; the pop diva’s first time in Colombia, local media reported Tuesday. According to culture website Vive.in, Spears will be performing in Bogota on November 26 as part of her Femme...
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Former Agricultural Minister Andres Felipe Arias was barred on Tuesday from holding public office for 16 years for granting government subsidies to politically powerful families rather than poor farmers for whom the subsidy was...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 18, 2011 | Economy
Ecopetrol will probably issue new shares worth between 2 trillion and 3 trillion pesos ($1.14 billion to $1.71 billion), the Colombia state oil company’s president told a local financial daily. The offering would be the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 18, 2011 | Economy
Telecommunications group Millicom International Cellular S.A. on Monday said its unit Colombia Móvil has agreed to sell up to 2,126 towers to American Tower Corp for $182 million in cash. The towers are expected to be...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jul 18, 2011 | News
The governor of the southwestern Cauca department has asked the Colombian government to declare a state of emergency in the north of the department to release funds to rebuild towns that were nearly destroyed in recent attacks...
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