Posted by Rosemary Westwood | May 28, 2012 | News
A delegation from the French government was traveling to Colombia Monday ahead of the expected release of kidnapped journalist Romeo Langlois. The French ambassador, Pierre-Jean Vandoorne, confirmed that the International...
Read MorePosted by Rosemary Westwood | May 25, 2012 | Economy
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Colombia could reach $14.5 billion in 2012, is up 9.8% from last year, the government has said. Commerce Minister Sergio Diaz-Granados said FDI reached $6.0559 billion in the first four months...
Read MorePosted by Rosemary Westwood | May 25, 2012 | News
A United States report on human rights in Colombia is “unfair” and fails to recognize Colombia’s progress, the foreign minister told local media. “There is so much injustice” in human rights reports...
Read MorePosted by Rosemary Westwood | May 25, 2012 | News
The Venezuelan government said Friday it has made 10 arrests for the killing of 12 Colombian soldiers near the border between the two countries earlier this week. Venezuela’s Defense Minister Henry Rangel told state media...
Read MorePosted by Rosemary Westwood | May 25, 2012 | News
Colombia’s national police captured the second highest-ranking member of the Oficina de Envigado Friday, one week after the arrests of three other leaders from the powerful drug cartel. Police raided a house in Rio Negro,...
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