Posted by Toni Peters | Aug 15, 2011 | News
Three alleged members of criminal gang “Los Urabeños,” said to be responsible for 35% of the murders committed in the Caribbean region in 2011, were captured, Colombian newspaper El Espectador reported Monday....
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Aug 15, 2011 | Bogota
Bogota received 415,000 foreign visitors in the first half of 2011 which represents a 19% increase on the same period in 2010, according to figures from the Observatory of the District Tourism Institute and intelligence agency...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Aug 15, 2011 | Economy
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman said the Colombia-Canada free trade agreement, which takes effect today, put the U.S. at a disadvantage and highlights the need to pass the stalled trade pact between Colombia and the...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Aug 12, 2011 | News
The president of a peasant’s association categorically rejected recorded conversations suggesting the FARC has infiltrated the National Peace Congress. Pablo Antonio Tellez, president of the Peasant’s Association...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Aug 12, 2011 | Economy
Colombia drops its 2011 coffee production forecast after July’s harvest was less than expected due to adverse weather conditions, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Head of Colombia’s National Federation of Coffee Growers...
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