Posted by Toni Peters | Jan 11, 2012 | Culture
Italian Bond girl Caterina Murino is to play the lead in a film depicting the kidnap of Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt by the FARC. Caterina Murino, a 34-year-old Italian actress, was made famous as a Bond...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 11, 2012 | Economy
Shareholders of telecommunications company ETB have elected a new board of directors, while Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro stands firm on merger plans, Colombian media reported Wednesday. The shareholders, at a meeting called at...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 10, 2012 | Bogota
The Andean Development Corporation has approved a $50 million loan for the modernization of Bogota’s El Dorado airport. The money will be used for the modernization, expansion, administration, operation, maintenance and...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 10, 2012 | News
The house in which notorious Medellin drug baron Pablo Escobar died is up for sale, Colombian media reported Tuesday. Pablo Escobar news archive The house in the Los Olivos neighborhood, in the western part of Colombia’s...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 10, 2012 | Economy
Canadian oil company Pacific Rubiales is to spend $1.2 billion in Colombia in 2012 and expects production to grow by between 15% and 35%. In a statement, Colombia’s largest private oil produce announced that the capital...
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