Posted by Alice Boyd | Oct 25, 2011 | Economy
Colombia and Venezuela agreed Monday to extend tariff preferences between the two countries for 90 days, while they finalize the signing of an agreement governing their trade relations, according to a report by Reuters. The...
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The heads of six universities in the Colombian department of Antioquia received death threats Monday for allowing the continuation of classes during the ongoing student strike against education reform, according to local media....
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A New York court sentenced Monday two members of left wing guerrilla group FARC to 10 and 15 years in prison for their role in the 2008 kidnapping of an American in Panama, reported the New York Times Tuesday. The defendants,...
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Two policemen were killed in a bomb attack early Tuesday morning in Colombia’s capital city of Bogota. Local media reported that the two police officers were attending to a call regarding a suspicious looking package in a...
Read MorePosted by Alice Boyd | Oct 24, 2011 | News
Colombia’s government began to roll out a series of health campaigns across the country on Monday in an attempt to attend to the thousands of Colombians who have been affected by this years rainy season, according to...
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