Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 27, 2010 | News
Colombia’s main stock market said Monday it will extend its trading sessions by three hours in the new year to coincide with New York’s closing bell. Starting Jan. 3, trading on the Colombian Stock Exchange will end...
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The FARC replaced “Fabian Ramirez,” the commander of the guerrillas’ Southern Bloc who reportedly was killed in an air raid last month, television network RCN reported Monday. According to RCN, police...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 27, 2010 | News
The reconstruction of Colombia’s Caribbean coastal departments will take years, the governor of Bolivar, one of the departments devastated by floods, said Monday. Governor Felipe Merlano told Caracol Radio “it will...
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday expressed grief over the death of Venezuela’s former President Carlos Andres Perez who died in Miami Saturday. According to Santos, he and the former Venezuelan Head of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 26, 2010 | News
This year’s rainy season has killed 303 people and has left more than 2.2 million victims in Colombia so far, authorities said Saturday. According to President Juan Manuel Santos, this year’s rainy season is ”...
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