Posted by Toni Peters | Aug 16, 2011 | News
An FARC guerrilla allegedly in charge of pushing for the return of the rebel group to the rural area south of the Colombian capital of Bogota was killed, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday. Commander of the army’s 13th...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Aug 16, 2011 | Economy
Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos said South America must stick together during this time of international economic turbulence at the start of his visit to Chile. On his arrival in the Chilean capital of Santiago,...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Aug 16, 2011 | News
Three traffic accidents claimed the lives of five people on the roads of the northern Colombian department of Sucre during Monday’s public holiday, reported Caracol Radio. Twenty-three others were injured in the crashes....
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Aug 16, 2011 | Economy
The global economic crisis will not affect coffee growers said the head of Colombia’s National Federation of Coffee Growers, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. Luis Muñoz said the economic crisis affecting the world will not...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Aug 15, 2011 | News
Four cases of robberies of truckers by sex workers working on roads and highways have been reported to Colombian transit police, newspaper El Espectador reported Monday. According to General Rodolfo Palomino, head of the...
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