Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 11, 2011 | News
Eight policemen died in a helicopter crash in the east of Colombia Saturday. According to several media reports, the crash took place in Las Salinas, Casanare department. The helicopter belonged to the National Police and...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 11, 2011 | News
“Alfonso Cano,” the supreme leader of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC says he is “optimistic” about finding an end to his rebel group’s 47-year armed conflict with the state. In a...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 11, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s inflation rate is forecast at 0.22% in June, up from 0.11 percent in the same month last year, according to a central bank poll of 42 analysts released on Friday. Latin American nations such as Colombia have...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 11, 2011 | News
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos enacted Friday a landmark “Victims’ Law” aimed at redressing the estimated 4 million victims of the country’s long-running internal conflict. It marks the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jun 10, 2011 | Economy
Colombian stocks declined Friday, pulled lower by a drop in shares of Grupo Nutresa S.A. after the food company launched a public share offering at a fixed price below its trading price. The IGBC index, considered the...
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