Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 4, 2011 | News
Colombia’s president Juan Manuel Santos will appoint a government delegate to coordinate reconstruction efforts in the north of Colombia where floods have destroyed crops, houses, and infrastructure, the mayor of Cartagena...
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The attorney of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe sent a 38-page letter to a Washington court asking it not to force the former president to testify in a civil case against coal giant Drummond for alleged ties to death...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 3, 2011 | News
Colombia’s constitutional court demands authorities to do whatever possible to prevent the extinction of the Hitnu indigenous community that is plagued by violence, hunger and diseases. According to the court, the Hitnu...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 3, 2011 | News
The planned release of five FARC hostages is being delayed by bad weather, mediator Piedad Cordoba said Monday. On her Twitter page, the mediator, who is banned from the senate for alleged links to the rebel group, said that...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Jan 3, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s foreign debt reached $61.8 in September, the country’s Central Bank announced Monday. According to the report, $23.4 billion of this debt is private and $38.4 is public. The debt is 21.5% of the...
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