Posted by Matt Snyder | Jul 20, 2011 | News
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos admitted in an interview with Colombian press agency Colprensa Wednesday that the security situation in his country has worsened this year. “There are voices that are right to say...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 20, 2011 | Cartagena
A Spanish battery that is more than 200 years old was discovered in the northern Colombian city of Cartagena, El Heraldo reported Wednesday. The battery was discovered by a local man who looked out from his balcony and noticed...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 20, 2011 | News
The Colombian opposition party Polo Alternativo Democratico (PDA) selected a relative newcomer Tuesday as its candidate for the Bogota mayoral race. Aurelio Suarez Montoya, an engineer from Bogota, was selected by the PDA to run...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 20, 2011 | News
Canadian oil company Pacific Rubiales agreed on a renewed labor deal with workers, ending a strike that reportedly mobilized ten thousand protestors. The agreement was reached after six hours of negotiation between...
Read MorePosted by Matt Snyder | Jul 19, 2011 | News
The mayor of Bogota, Clara Lopez, accused the minister of transportation of putting “obstacles” in front of the effort to construct a new metro system Tuesday. Lopez said that she was worried about the transportation...
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