Posted by Toni Peters | Apr 1, 2011 | News
Members of human rights organizations in the Medellin neighborhood of Comuna 6 are receiving death threats from illegal armed groups said the local Ombudsman. Medellin Ombudsman Jairo Herran Vargas has emphatically dismissed the...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Apr 1, 2011 | Economy
Ecopetrol and Pacific Rubiales will carry out a pilot project to test new technology for the extraction of heavy crude oil, according to a Pacific Rubiales press release published Thursday. The companies will carry out a pilot...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Mar 31, 2011 | Economy
Colombian airline Easyfly is in the black, posting profits of $388,000 in 2010 after just three years of operation, magazine Dinero reported Wednesday. President of the Colombian airline Alfonso Avila presented the results on...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Mar 31, 2011 | News
One of the men who murdered the sister of former President Cesar Gaviria has been sentenced to 55 years in prison, El Espectador reported Wednesday. Alexander Ortiz Tierradentro was given one of the longest sentences possible in...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Mar 31, 2011 | Bogota
Colombia’s capital Bogota will get a second airport to reduce pressure on the city’s international El Dorado terminal, newspaper El Espectador reported Wednesday. According to the daily, the airport, which private...
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