Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 28, 2010 | News
Colombia received more than $620 million in foreign aid in 2010, the country’s government aid agency announced Monday. Colombia’s main sponsors United States European Union Germany Inter-American Development Bank...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 28, 2010 | News
Venezuelan authorities arrested a commander of guerrilla group ELN, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Monday. According to Santos, Venezuelan authorities had arrested Nilson Teran Ferreira, alias “Tulio”...
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Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin will represent Colombia at the funeral of former Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, who died in Miami Saturday. President Juan Manuel Santos on Monday reiterated his grief about the...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 28, 2010 | News
Colombian employers and labor unions were not able to reach an agreement on the height of the country’s minimum wage. The government will now have to decide how much minimum wage will go up. It took the employers and union...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 27, 2010 | Bogota
Passengers who were supposed to have traveled to New York on Sunday were told by Colombian airliner Avianca that they won’t be able to fly until January 13, RCN Radio reported Monday. The Sunday evening flight was one of...
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