Golden girl Mariana Pajon receives yet another award
Colombia’s gold medal-winning BMX rider, Mariana Pajon, received yet another award, as she is named one of the ‘best athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean’ for 2012. Pajon shot to…
Colombia’s gold medal-winning BMX rider, Mariana Pajon, received yet another award, as she is named one of the ‘best athletes in Latin America and the Caribbean’ for 2012. Pajon shot to…
Compared to last year’s world report, Colombia’s perception of corruption has worsened, placing 94th out of 176 countries, said NGO Transparency International Wednesday. According to Transparency International’s 2012 report, Colombia…
Colombia’s trade minister signed an agreement with other member states of the Pacific Alliance Wednesday to promote tourism between the members states of the Latin American trade bloc. The trade…
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev awarded Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez a prestigious state prize Tuesday. A cancer-stricken Marquez received the Order of Honour for his work “strengthening the friendship between…
Colombia and the rest of Latin America are experiencing their longest periods of democracy but still suffer “extreme inequalities,” the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Organization of American…
Colombia’s poverty rate has fallen by 10% in eight years, following a Latin American trend, said a United Nations report released Wednesday. The Social Panorama of Latin America, by the Economic…
Colombian students have gathered in Bogota to call for Latin American educational reform, following successful protests against their own government. The march in Bogota was part of a coordinated student…
Colombia offers the best business opportunities in the region according to a survey of Latin American executives conducted by PriceWaterhouseCoopers. The coffee-growing nation was chosen by 47.5% of respondents as…
The U.K.-based mobile phone company Virgin Mobile has moved to enter Colombia’s market as a virtual operator. On June 6, the Virgin Group announced an investment of $300 million to…