Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 17, 2011 | Economy
Colombia should focus on improving trade ties with its neighbors as a free trade agreement with the United States is not going to be approved soon, the president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) said in an interview...
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United States drug czar Gil Kerlikowske will be in Colombia from Monday until Thursday, a source within the U.S. embassy in Bogota told Spanish press agency EFE Sunday. During his visit, Kerlikwoske will meet with high...
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Colombia’s armed forces on Sunday announced the arrest of seven suspected members of drug gang “Los Urabeños” in the northern Cordoba department. The arrest follows the murder of two students of a prestigious...
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Police in central Colombia say they arrested an alleged serial rapist, suspected of having raped 18 women in the past year. According to the police commissioner of the Cundinamarca department, the 41-year old suspect traveled...
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Colombia’s national indigenous organization said Saturday that 122 members of indigenous peoples have been murdered and ten disappeared in 2010. According to a report by the organization given to french press agency AFP,...
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