Posted by Toni Peters | Jan 5, 2012 | Economy
An official at Bogota’s central food storage warehouse says prices of certain foods have risen by 12% due to difficulties in transporting foodstuffs, financial publication Dinero reported Thursday. The transport...
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Colombia’s exports for 2011 totaled $54 billion, surpassing the target the government had set for 2014, reported financial newspaper Portafolio. According to preliminary figures from Colombia’s tax authority DIAN,...
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Bogota’s Government Secretary has said that people who falsely presented themselves as victims of floods in order to receive financial assistance will face fraud charges, Colombian media reported Thursday. Government...
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has said that one of the objectives of his administration is to confront illegal mining, according to the presidential website. The head of state said that illegal mining is responsible for...
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A teenage girl from Dallas, Texas, deported by mistake to Colombia by United States authorities is being held by Colombia in a detention facility, reported Texas news station Channel 8 . In December 2011, U.S. federal...
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