Posted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 9, 2010 | News
Colombia counts 3.7 million internally displaced people and 380,000 refugees abroad, making it the country with the most people displaced by violence in the world, the United Nations said Monday. In a report presented at a...
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Colombia’s agriculture minister on Monday announced a $27.3 fund to help the country’s agricultural sector, two weeks after he suspended a subsidy with the same purpose and of the same amount amid fraud allegations....
Read MorePosted by Adriaan Alsema | Nov 8, 2010 | Economy
Alange Energy Corp. is preparing to list its shares in the Bogota bourse in the first quarter of 2011, following in the footsteps of other oil firms listed in Canada that have tapped additional liquidity by also listing their...
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U.S. coal giant Drummond has rejected the subpoena served to Colombia’s former President Alvaro Uribe, Colombian media reported on Monday. According to a Drummond press release, “it seems that the improperly served...
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Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos says his government is dedicated to freedom of the press and protecting journalists, and aims to end the assassination of journalists in the country. Santos was invited to speak at a...
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