Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 17, 2010 | Economy
Colombia’s central bank Friday held its benchmark interest rate for an eighth consecutive month, citing slow price increases, but also warned that devastating rains are starting to push up food prices. The central bank...
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Colombian soap star, model, “singer” and notorious socialite Sara Corrales decided to spice up Christmas with a set of topless photos published in the December issue of men’s magazine SoHo. It is the first...
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Dec 17, 2010 | News
Colombia announces it will ask Israel to extradite Yair Klein, a mercenary convicted by a Colombian court for training death squads from the Medellin cartel and paramilitary organizations. According to Interior and Justice...
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Panama President Ricardo Martinelli admitted Thursday that his country is reviewing several political asylum requests from Colombian former government officials who are being investigated for crimes in their country. In an...
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A former top official of state intelligence agency DAS was sentenced on Thursday to eight years and four months in jail for the illegal wiretapping of government opponents. With the ruling, the Bogota judge confirms the jail...
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