Posted by Matt Snyder | Jul 28, 2011 | Economy
The American non-profit research group, the Brookings Institute, issued a brief Thursday arguing for a speedy approval of the U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement. The report stated that passage of the FTA is expected to increase...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 28, 2011 | News
The deadline for candidates to register for Colombia’s October local elections is pushed back to August 10. Colombia’s state council announced that undeclared candidates would now have until mid-August to register,...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 28, 2011 | Bogota
The Colombian Institute of Culture and Tourism predicted Wednesday that the FIFA under-20 soccer tournament will boost tourism in Bogota by 250,000 people this year. Nohara Vargas, the director of the institute, made the...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 27, 2011 | News
President Juan Manuel Santos’ National Unity coalition will meet to discuss how it will address gay marriage, El Espectador reported Wednesday. The meeting is a response to yesterday’s declaration by the Supreme...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 27, 2011 | Lite
An eight-foot-long caiman that caused the closure of a public beach was captured Wednesday. The caiman was captured near the city Galerazamba in northern Colombia by policemen, local environmental technicians, and members of a...
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