Posted by James Bargent | Sep 29, 2011 | News
Authorities have suspended the fumigation of coca plantations in west Colombia following days of community protests. Up to 5000 people have been blocking roads near the Panama border in the department of Choco since Sunday to...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Sep 29, 2011 | News
Colombia’s tax office has threw its weight behind land reform Thursday by supporting proposals for taxes on the country’s nearly 40 million acres of unproductive land. The director of the Dian, Juan Ricardo Ortega, said...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Sep 28, 2011 | News
A leading United Nations Development Program (UNDP) figure has called for the government to change its economic focus from big business to the public good to reform rural Colombia. On Wednesday, Absalon Machado handed the UNDP...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Sep 28, 2011 | News
Spanish judges on Wednesday approved the extradition of a porn director wanted in Colombia for making films with children. The judges said Pablo Lapiedra’s attempt to flee Spain constituted a “de facto removal of breach of...
Read MorePosted by James Bargent | Sep 28, 2011 | Tourism
Tourism is booming in Colombia according to new figures that show a 10% increase in foreign visitors and a 19% rise in income from travel so far this year. Speaking at a forum to mark World Tourism Day, Minister for Commerce,...
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