Posted by Toni Peters | May 31, 2011 | Economy
Colombia registered a drop in the rate of unemployment of 7.4% from 2.668 million in April 2010 to 2.47 million in April 2011, according to the monthly employment report from the national statistics agency, DANE While the number...
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Colombian traders were the first to buy shares through MILA, the combined stock exchange of Colombia, Chile and Peru, although it registered a slow start, Reuters reported Tuesday. Brokers said that Colombian traders made the...
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The population of Colombia reached the 46 million mark at 9:00:21AM Tuesday according to the population counter of the National Statistics Agency, DANE. Colombia’s population reached 46 million, with 97.5 men for every 100...
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Colombia’s corrupt drug enforcement agency (DNE) is to be dissolved from July 1, announced interior and justice minister Tuesday. Interior and Justice Minister German Vargas Lleras said that it is expected that by next...
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Three soldiers were killed and six injured in a FARC attack in a rural municipality of the Arauca department in northeast Colombia Monday. The ambush occurred 11:30AM Monday as the military patrol carried out monitoring and...
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