Posted by Toni Peters | Jan 3, 2012 | News
The governor of Colombia’s northern Cordoba department will appoint replacements of two newly inaugurated, but jailed mayors, said the government Tuesday. Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras said the Cordoba governor...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 3, 2012 | Medellin
Tourists in and around Medellin are invited to a night of dancing, raffles and free gifts at the Palmahira discotheque. The event called Viaja x Colombia or Travel around Colombia will take place Friday January 6 and Saturday...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 3, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s tax agency DIAN is to monitor companies in Export Processing Zones more closely to ensure they are meeting their obligation of job creation and investment, said the trade minister. “DIAN is keeping an eye...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 3, 2012 | Economy
Colombia’s deputy labor minister has announced that the country’s retirement age will not go up in the near future, Colombian media reported Monday. Vice-minister Mauricio Olivera also announced that pension reforms...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Jan 3, 2012 | Southwest Colombia
Talc and grease paint at the ready. The Carnaval de Blancos y Negros gets messy in Pasto. The festivities in San Juan de Pasto, capital of the Nariño department in southwest Colombia, traditionally take place on January 5 and 6,...
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