Posted by Toni Peters | Dec 14, 2011 | News
Though still the world’s top cocaine producer, Colombia has made huge strides against the drug trade, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). An UNODC study says coca cultivation and cocaine...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Dec 14, 2011 | Economy
Businesses in Colombia expect to see real growth of 7% in 2012, according to the national association of businesspeople, ANDI. According to predictions made by businesspeople in the Industrial Opinion Board Survey, industrial...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Dec 13, 2011 | News
Colombian authorities send Adolfo Erazo Rosero, an alleged top extortionist for Los Rastrajos neo-paramilitary group, to stand trial in the United States, Colombian media reported Wednesday. Rosero, who had evaded capture for 15...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Dec 13, 2011 | Economy
The president of Colombia’s second biggest bank predicts a 20% growth in assets for 2012, in an interview with financial magazine Dinero. Bank president Alejandro Figueroa predicted that the Colombian economy would do well...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Dec 13, 2011 | News
Kidnap victim Nohora Valentina Muñoz, the daughter of a Colombian mayor, visits Vatican City after being freed in November. She was accompanied by Juan Sebastian Losada, who was held hostage between 2001 and 2004, to a mass...
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