Posted by Sarah Cast | Oct 4, 2011 | Economy
Approximately $4.59 billion in government royalties will be distributed among Colombia’s departments and municipalities next year, announced Minister of Finance Juan Carlos Echeverry Tuesday. One third of the royalties, an...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Oct 3, 2011 | Medellin
Cirque Le Masque acrobatic carnival will perform in Medellin from Saturday, October 8 to Monday, October 17. In its own words, the carnival is “a passport to the world’s biggest party.. Rio de Janiero.” The show is the tale of a...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Oct 3, 2011 | Economy
Ecopetrol hit oil in its fifth well in the Caño Sur contract, in the central Colombian department of Meta, the petroleum company announced Monday. The latest field discovery, the Trasgo-1 well in the San Martin de los Llanos...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Oct 3, 2011 | News
A Conservative Party candidate for city council in Florencia, in the southwestern Colombian department of Caqueta, has been assassinated, Spanish news agency EFE reported Sunday. Jazmin Ortiz Rodriguez, 36, was shot three times...
Read MorePosted by Sarah Cast | Sep 30, 2011 | News
Approximately half of displaced Colombian women are victims of battery at the hands of their partners, a new study showed. The 2011 study, carried out by the nonprofit organization Profamilia and supported by the U.S. Agency for...
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