Posted 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...
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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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Medellin police say they arrested one of the main urban gang leaders of the feared “Oficina de Envigado,” several media reported Thursday. According to the local authorities, the 32-year old man arrested, alias...
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The Colombian government asked the country’s Congress for $3 billion after the Constitutional Court rejected an extended state of emergency that allowed the government to use special funds to help victims of last...
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The director of Colombia’s financial intelligence agency, who was under house arrest while awaiting trial for the illegal spying on supreme court magistrates, was set free after prosecutors failed to call the official to...
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