Posted by Toni Peters | Apr 28, 2011 | News
Ecuadorian police in Quito detained five people Thursday and seized military uniforms, jackets and boots supposedly destined for the FARC in Colombia. Police in Ecuador’s capital found a clandestine factory in the north of...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Apr 28, 2011 | Economy
Colombia consumes one third of the petroleum it produces, and yet Colombians are paying prices as if the country were heavy importers said Senator Luis Fernando Velasco. “We Colombians are being charged for gasoline as if...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Apr 27, 2011 | News
The prosecutor general filed a request before the Superior Court of Bogota to press charges against a former director of DAS and ex President Alvaro Uribe’s chief of staff for illegal wiretapping, local media reported...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Apr 27, 2011 | Economy
Mexican soft drinks bottler Coca-Cola Femsa announced plans to build new bottling plants in Colombia and Brazil Wednesday, Nasdaq reported. The company has proposed to its shareholders that new factories be built in the South...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Apr 27, 2011 | Economy
The Bancolombia board of directors gave the go-ahead to the issuance of up to $1 billion in ordinary bonds over a 10 year period, local media reported Tuesday. According to Dinero, these ordinary bonds can located in Colombia or...
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