The price of Colombia’s drug war
What is the price-tag of Colombia’s drug war? I started writing my senior thesis at Princeton with that question in mind. Every knowledgeable observer of Colombia is aware that the…
What is the price-tag of Colombia’s drug war? I started writing my senior thesis at Princeton with that question in mind. Every knowledgeable observer of Colombia is aware that the…
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, accompanied by ministers and the director of Proexport, the company in charge of promoting Colombian exports, will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland…
Colombia registered a US$181 million trade surplus in November, compared with an $816 million deficit in the same month in the previous year, as exports jumped while imports fell. In…
Colombia’s retail sales in November 2009 rose 2% year-on-year, according to official data released on Tuesday. Sales of hardware, glass and paints rose 13% and sales of computers and home…
Colombia’s industrial production, excluding coffee processing, expanded 2% year-on-year in November, led by surge in production of sugar and beverages, the national statistics department DANE said Tuesday. Sugar refining and…
Health care workers seized two of Bogota’s biggest churches on Tuesday in protest against government measures to prevent Colombia’s health care system from collapsing. Some 300 health care workers seized…
Colombian vehicle sales rose in December 2009 for the first time in two years, and industry leaders expect a rebound in 2010 as the economy recovers and interest rates stay…
The U.S. Export-Import Bank said on Tuesday it has made a preliminary US$1 billion commitment to help finance exports of U.S. goods and services to Colombia’s national oil company,…
The Caracas Chamber of Commerce rejects the nationalization of French-Colombian supermarket Exito in Venezuela. In an interview with local radio station Union Radio, Chamber of Commerce Director Victor Maldonado said…