Posted by Scott Kobewka | Nov 9, 2010 | Economy
The World Bank estimates that 2.122 million Colombians, 4.6% of the population, are living abroad, and that the country will receive $3.9 billion in remittances in 2010. This will mark the lowest level of remittances since 2006,...
Read MorePosted by Scott Kobewka | Nov 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
The American Documentary Showcase brings at least 15 U.S. documentary films to Medellin in a festival beginning November 8. The Colombo Americano Centre is hosting the showcase as part of their annual documentary festival....
Read MorePosted by Scott Kobewka | Nov 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Bogota’s Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO) is exhibiting the work of Colombian photographer Hernan Diaz, who died last year. Diaz was born in 1931 and published his first book of photography in 1963. He worked as a corespondent...
Read MorePosted by Scott Kobewka | Nov 3, 2010 | Tourism
Colombia’s national airline Avianca signed a code-share cooperation deal, Wednesday, with Germany’s Lufthansa, allowing customers of both airlines to book seats on the other airline’s flights. The agreement...
Read MorePosted by Scott Kobewka | Nov 3, 2010 | News
Over a month after the bombing raid that killed the FARC’s military leader Jorge Briceño Suarez, alias “Mono Jojoy,” his remains will be returned to his family for burial, reports El Tiempo. The prosecutor...
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