Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 18, 2011 | News
Right-wing extremists are most likely to be behind the Thursday bombing of a Bogota park that damaged a statue of former President Laureano Gomez and a number of homes, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 18, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s central bank on Friday raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.25 percent, but analysts detected signals pointing to a pause in the bank’s rate-hiking campaign this summer. A majority of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 17, 2011 | zSports
Colombian international Cristian Zapata is talking to English soccer club Liverpool F.C. and German team Bayern Munich about a transfer, Sky Sports reported Friday. According to Sky, Zapata is considered one of the best...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 17, 2011 | Lite
Shakira’s favorite word in Spanish is “meliflua,” translated as mellifluous. The Colombian pop star was asked about her favorite word in Spanish in advance to E-Day, held Saturday to celebrate the Spanish...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 17, 2011 | Cartagena
85% of tourists that visited Cartagena at the end of 2010 and beginning of 2011 were satisfied with their visit to Colombia’s prime tourism destination, a recently released poll showed. According to the fourth annual...
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