Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 17, 2010 | News
The urban approval rating of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is 72% according to a survey held in Colombia’s five largest cities. The approval rating measured by pollster Gallup is considerably lower than that of...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 16, 2010 | Economy
Colombia’s crude oil output in November rose 12.8% from the year before to an average of 818,000 barrels per day, government oil-licensing agency ANH said Thursday. October output was revised by the ANH to 800,000 barrels...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 16, 2010 | News
Colombia’s National Reparation and Reconciliation Commission announces that 15.5% of 55,000 former members of illegal armed groups have rearmed. This means that more than 8,500 former paramilitaries and guerrillas have...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 16, 2010 | Culture
Hollywood actors nominated Colombian actress Sofia Vergara for a SAG award for her role in the ABC sitcom “Modern Family.” Vergara received the nomination in the Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 16, 2010 | Lite
Four of Colombia’s most famous women are pregnant, according to the blog of Graciela Torres, the country’s self-proclaimed “queen of gossip.” According to Torres’ blog “La Negra...
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