Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 12, 2011 | Culture
The National Library of Colombia, the oldest public library in Latin America, opened its doors for free on Wednesday to celebrate its 234th anniversary. The library was officially founded by Francisco Moreno y Escandon on...
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Colombia’s state intelligence agency DAS paid a foreigner to spy on then-Senator Piedad Cordoba while she was on a controversial visit to Mexico in 2007, reported Caracol TV on Tuesday. The television network was given a...
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Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has completed the investigation against former government officials for the alleged bribery of congressmen to secure the 2006 re-election of former President Alvaro Uribe....
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Colombia’s government said Tuesday that 2,381 members of Colombian guerrilla groups deserted their ranks in 2010. According to the Program for Humanitarian Attention for the Demobilized (PAHD), 2,009 of these demobilized...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 11, 2011 | Economy
Pacific Rubiales Energy expects to increase output to 265,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day at the end of 2011, more than doubling its output for the end of 2010. Colombia’s second-largest oil producer plans to expand...
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