Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 2, 2011 | News
Five people, including a pregnant woman, were assassinated in the city of Medellin Friday, local media reported. The assassination of the two men and three women took place Friday evening in the north-western slum of Santander...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 2, 2011 | News
A judge ruled Friday against a prosecution deal that allowed key players in the illegal spying on the Supreme Court to testify against their superiors and in return be excluded from prosecution. According to the ruling, former...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Apr 1, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s 2011 Colombian government fiscal gap has grown to $129 billion as Bogota was forced to include emergency measures to deal with last year’s torrential rains and financial reforms in this year’s...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 31, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s trade minister believes foreign direct investment (FDI) will climb to above $10 billion and exports will exceed $43 billion, he told news agency Reuters Thursday. “I believe we are going to surpass $10...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Mar 31, 2011 | News
One student died and at least four people were injured in an explosion in the southern Colombian University of Nariño, local media reported Thursday. University student Andres Arteago Ceballos died from injuries sustained during...
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