Posted by Toni Peters | Jan 5, 2012 | News
Only 7% of Colombians graduate high school with a basic or higher level of English, according to a new study. According to a report by Andres Sanchez of Colombia’s central bank 93% of high school graduates speak no...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 4, 2012 | News
Colombia has officially enacted a law that gives a diplomatic passports to members of congress, Caracol Radio reported Wednesday. The controversial law bestows diplomatic status and passports on all 268 congress persons. The...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 4, 2012 | Economy
Colombia has received $3.78 billion through remittances from Colombian workers sending money back home, according to central bank figures up to November 2011, reported newspaper El Espectador Wednesday. The amount of remittances...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 4, 2012 | Lite
What better way to make your home-grown product internationally recognized than to create a beauty pageant and invite some of the world’s most beautiful women to compete to promote your merchandise. And that’s...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 4, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s state-controlled oil company Ecopetrol did not meet its 2011 target of producing one million barrels of crude oil per day. According to the Ministry of Mines and Energy average crude oil production for the year...
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