Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 25, 2011 | News
Colombia’s interior and justice minister announced Thursday that illegal armed groups threaten to influence October’s local elections in 300 of Colombia’s 1,099 municipalities. Previously the government had...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 25, 2011 | News
Colombian columnist and political analyst Claudia Lopez on Thursday won a lawsuit filed against her by former President Ernesto Samper, who accused her of slander. The former president sued the journalist last month for a 2006...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 25, 2011 | News
The urban approval rating of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos remains high, but according to a poll by Gallup the country’s city-dwellers are increasingly negative about security and employment. Of the interviewees,...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2011 | Economy
Colombian stocks posted a slight decline Thursday, while the peso strengthened against the dollar. The benchmark IGBC index retreated 0.18% to 14576.47 points. Pacific Rubiales Energy, a Canada-based oil company that trades in...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has eight pending criminal investigations against him, the country’s interior and justice minister announced Thursday. According to Minister German Vargas Lleras, the majority of...
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