Posted by Toni Peters | Oct 10, 2011 | Economy
Colombian and South Korean negotiating teams will meet with the intention of reaching a prompt conclusion to negotiations for a free trade agreement. During an official visit to South Korea in September Colombian President Juan...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Oct 10, 2011 | Economy
Alejandro Santo Domingo Davila is to continue at the helm of the Grupo Santo Domingo after the death of his father, Colombian billionaire Julio Mario Santo Domingo. Semana magazine, which interviewed Alejandro a few months ago,...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Oct 7, 2011 | News
Detectives from DAS, Colombia’s intelligence agency have arrested the former mayor of the Pacific port city Buenaventura for embezzlement, Colombian media reported Friday. Ex Mayor Saulo Quiñones Garcia along with three...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Oct 7, 2011 | Bogota
Mayoral candidate Gina Parody unveiled her plan to increase the number of tourists to Bogota to one million by 2015. Parody,m who is now in alliance with former mayoral candidate Antanas Mockus, detailed her proposal to turn the...
Read MorePosted by Toni Peters | Oct 7, 2011 | Economy
The Colombian government has granted a patent for a device to remove illegal valves from the oil pipelines of state-run petroleum company Ecopetrol. According to an Ecopetrol press release, the “tool for the safe removal...
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