Posted by Toni Peters | Oct 19, 2011 | Economy
Better transport infrastructure is needed to enable Colombia’s rice growers to compete when the free trade agreement with the United States goes into effect, said the head of Colombia’s Rice Growers Federation in an...
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Nine politicians, including three former mayors, are arrested for alleged links to paramilitaries in northwest Colombia, Colombian media reported Wednesday. Three former mayors, one former deputy, one demobilized paramilitary...
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A German conglomerate has won the contract to provide installations in the new terminal of Bogota’s international airport El Dorado, magazine Airport World reported Wednesday. ThyssenKrupp Elevator technology conglomerate,...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Oct 19, 2011 | zSports
A Colombian soccer player was fatally shot Tuesday night during a fight over a game of cards in Puerto Tejada, in the western department of Cauca, Colombian media reported Edison Hipolito Chara Lucumi, aged 31, was on a night...
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The number of hectares of Colombian land used for coca cultivation has dropped by 62% from 402 acres in 2000 to 153 acres in 2010 according to preliminary figures from the Colombian statistics agency DANE. The number of hectares...
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