Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2011 | News
A Bogota judge has authorized the seizure of assets and freezing of bank accounts belonging to former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt, who is involved in a bitter divorce with her husband, local media reported Thursday....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 24, 2011 | News
The U.S. Treasury Department added Colombian “drug trafficker” Jorge Milton Cifuentes Villa and 69 other individuals and companies to the Kingpin List, a list of persons and entities the U.S. prohibits citizens from...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 23, 2011 | Economy
The Colombian peso has been retreating against the dollar, easing pressure on the central bank to buy up U.S. currency, although an interest rate decision later this week and robust foreign investment outlook mean that the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 23, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos condemns the events in Libya, where ruler Muammar Gaddafi is attempting to violently suppress a popular uprising. “What is happening in Libya is unacceptable. We condemn the way the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Feb 23, 2011 | Lite
Colombian television network RCN gave some moral support to former employee Valerie Dominguez — who may go to jail for illegally receiving government subsidies — by praising her body. The former Miss Colombia is one...
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