Posted by Stephen Manker | Jul 11, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s largest oil company ranked 444 on the Forbes global Fortune 500. Ecopetrol is the first Colombian business to be on Forbes’ annual rankings of the world’s largest companies. In late June, Ecopetrol...
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Colombia’s Congress is delaying 1,100 cases against high-ranking government officials, said the minister of interior and justice on Monday. German Vargas Lleras proposed that the congressional Accusations Commission be...
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Government officials will send an NGO to 85 of Colombia’s 1,100 municipalities to identify political candidates with “legal inconsistencies,” reported El Espectador Monday. According to the newspaper, Justice...
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A recent survey has indicated that if Bogota’s mayoral elections were held tomorrow, three candidates would receive about the same number of votes, reported newspaper El Tiempo Monday. The survey, which was conducted by...
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Sunday ordered the formation of a new army unit to curb the increase in FARC violence in the southwestern Cauca department. The president’s three-point attack scheme will reinforce...
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