Posted by Travis Mannon | Jul 15, 2011 | News
The tragic Aires airline plane crash in August 2010 was caused by human error, Colombia media reported. Nearly a year after the fatal accident, investigators from Civil Aeronautics, the Colombian aviation authority, have...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jul 15, 2011 | Economy
The Colombian peso reached its highest level since July 2008 on Friday. The peso reached COP1,748.89 per U.S. dollar, a 9.6% increase since March 1. An analyst at the Banco de Bogota SA attributed the strengthening peso to the...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jul 15, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s Antioquia department has the strongest economy in the country, according to the latest report released Friday from the National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI). The president of ANDI, Luis Carlos...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jul 15, 2011 | Bogota
The salsa funk group La-33 will shoot two live videos of new songs at a concert in Bogota, newspaper El Espectador reported. The musicians invite lovers of urban salsa and Afro-Colombian rhythms to come to Kukaramakara in Bogota...
Read MorePosted by Travis Mannon | Jul 14, 2011 | News
One of the most vocal members of the U.S. Congress opposing the pending free trade agreement (FTA) has spoken out again against the violence in Colombia. Representative George Miller, the senior Democrat of the House Education...
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