Colombia’s government has bought $500 million on the foreign exchange market within two weeks in an attempt to weaken the country’s strong peso, newswire Reuters reported Wednesday. Colombia’s Finance Minister…
Colombian mining company Pacific Stone, said on Wednesday it is to begin extracting lime in the north of Colombia. The company’s president Michael Felsmann said in an interview with news…
The northern Colombian city of Barranquilla was named the American Capital of Culture 2013. The distinction coincides with the 200th anniversary since the Baranquilla was granted the title of a…
Colombian brewers have been in a legal battle with 20th Century Fox, saying the “Duff” brand cannot belong to the News Corporation subsidary as it only appears “in a fictional…
The guilty plea of former President Alvaro Uribe‘s security chief who admitted to working with paramilitary groups prompted discussions in Colombia’s congress Tuesday to come up with measures to prevent…
The youngest son of Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos, joined the ranks of his country’s army on Tuesday. “It is an honor as a Colombian that my son has now…
Colombian coal exports were expected to increase to 165,000 tons per day as a four-week strike by rail-workers ended Monday. On Monday, coal prices dropped sharply as exports from Colombia…
Cultivation of coca crops in indigenous reserves in southwest Colombia is increasing, said head of anti-narcotics police department, general Luis Alberto Pérez Alvarán on Monday. According to Perez, drug-traffickers are…
Colombia’s hotel federation said Sunday that 4,000 hotels are under construction in many areas of the country. At a meeting in Manizales attended by delegates of the National Government, the…