Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 18, 2011 | News
An explosion caused by fireworks injured at least 23 in a small town in the north of Colombia on Thursday. According to local media reports, three were taken to hospital with serious injuries. Most media spoke of 23 injured but...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 18, 2011 | Economy
Colombian truckers have agreed to end a a two-week strike early Friday morning after signing an agreement with the government to keep minimum freight rates in place as the truckers had demanded. Representatives of the Colombian...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 17, 2011 | Medellin
Of foreign visitors to Medellin, 99% are “highly satisfied” with their stay, the local government said in a press release Thursday. The city’s undersecretary of tourism asked a national pollster to measure...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 17, 2011 | Uncategorized
Tickets are available for world-famous tenor Andrea Bocelli’s concert in Colombia’s capital Bogota. The tenor’s concert will be held in the capital’s G12 convention center on March 25 and is expected to...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 17, 2011 | Economy
Venezuela’s Foreign Minister admits his country owes a total of $700 million to Colombian exporters. This is $100 million more than Caracas admitted in January. “Following intense labor we have certified the pending...
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