Posted by Sarah Cast | Oct 6, 2011 | News
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos applauded the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee’s Wednesday approval of the pending free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia, which Congress could vote on as early as next week....
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Oct 5, 2011 | Economy
The state will receive $10 million less in royalties as a result of the September labor strikes by Pacific Rubiales oil workers in the Meta department, Colombia’s Mining and Energy Minister Mauricio Cardenas announced Wednesday....
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Oct 5, 2011 | News
Colombia’s National Electoral Council Tuesday has invalidated the identification papers of 464,554 voters and revoked 821 candidacies in an effort to prevent fraud in the upcoming October 30 elections, W Radio reported....
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Oct 5, 2011 | News
Illegal mining is on the rise in Colombia, and is often operated by criminal groups, according to a study conducted by Colombia’s intelligence agency DAS. DAS estimated that 50% of the country’s mines are illegal. According the...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Oct 4, 2011 | News
Two soldiers were detained in the northern Colombian department of Norte de Santander for allegedly attempting to sell weapons to the leftist guerrilla group FARC, newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday. In an operation...
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