Posted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 27, 2012 | News
Three Colombian soldiers have been sentenced to 35 years each in prison for murdering civilians and falsely claiming they were left-wing guerrillas killed in action in order to artificially boost their success rate. According to...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 27, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s third largest bank, Davivienda, may sell 10-year dollar bonds “as soon as this week”, according to the U.S. financial network Bloomberg. An anonymous source told Bloomberg that the bonds would be sold in a benchmark...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 27, 2012 | News
The Colombian National Police said Wednesday that a suspected FARC guerrilla allegedly co-responsible for the kidnapping of French journalist Romeo Langlois has been captured in southern Colombia. According to police reports,...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 27, 2012 | Economy
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said that the free trade agreement the Andean nation finalized with the European Union Tuesday is beneficial to Colombia, according to an official statement from the president’s...
Read MorePosted by Olle Ohlsen Pettersson | Jun 26, 2012 | Economy
The Colombian peso fell to a three week low Tuesday as European Union debt concerns made currency investors leave emerging markets. The peso traded for 1,802.77 per dollar on Tuesday, reported the U.S. television network...
Read More