In an interview with news organization Primera Pagina, Joydeep Mukherji, head analyst for Colombia at the ratings agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P), explained how Juan Manuel Santos’ incoming administration can attain…
According to Colombian statistics agency DANE, the country’s exports grew by over 26% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the same period last year, Portafolio reported Friday. In April,…
“Uribista” Juan Manuel Santos won the majority of votes of Colombians living abroad, in the first round of the Andean nation’s presidential elections held Sunday. Of the 410,485 Colombian nationals eligible to…
Eight Colombian sailors from a Colombian tanker remain in the custody of the Puerto Rican coastguard, after they were detained 13 days ago, reports Caracol Radio. Colombian authorities do not…
Polish Chancellor Radoslaw Sikorski said on a visit to Colombia that democracies should work together to combat terrorism, and received condolences from President Alvaro Uribe and Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez over…
Colombia’s central bank, Banco de la Republica, announced Thursday that the country’s foreign debt rose by more than $7 billion between 2008 and 2009, reported news source CM&. According to…
The president of Colombia’s National Electoral Commission, Marco Hincapie, announced Wednesday that the commission will fine, or ban from running, any candidates who are found to have been financed by…
DAS Director Felipe Muñoz said Wednesday that his security agency will open investigations into the financing of Colombian congressional and presidential candidates’ election campaigns, following President Alvaro Uribe’s accusations that…
Despite the world economic crisis, foreign investment in Colombia has reached its highest rank in recent years, with a expected to border on US$10 billion by the end of the…