Santos reelection spurs Isagen shares to biggest gain in 5 years: Bloomberg
Shares in Colombia’s hydropower giant, Isagen, made their biggest daily gain since 2009 on...
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28 killed and 208 injured: Colombia’s holiday weekend road toll
Holiday travel on Colombia’s roads left 28 killed and 208 injured, in spite of a 66% decrease in accidents from the same period last year. According to the director of Colombia’s Transit Police, General Carlos Ramiro,...
Colombia approves road reconstruction funds
The Colombian government will spend more than $83 million on road reconstruction to fix routes that were damaged during the winter. Carlos Ivan Marquez, Colombia’s director of the National Risk Management Agency told...
Trade routes: Colombia ‘thinks big’
Colombia’s Minister of Transportation, German Cardona, announced major infrastructure projects to develop trade routes, reported local media Tuesday. Cardona’s announcement was part of a speech he gave in the...
Colombian transport minister announces $3.5B road investment
Colombia’s transport minister has announced Tuesday $3.49 billion dollars will be invested in the construction and maintenance of 19 major transport routes, in an interview with Caracol Radio. Minister German Cardona said...
Colombia to reinforce road security
The Colombian Army and National Police will expand security forces to cover an additional 3,000 miles of roads throughout the country, various media reported Friday. According to Defense Minister Rodrigo Rivera, the...
Colombia earmarks $11.8B for road infrastructure
The Colombian government presented plans on Monday to invest approximately $11.8 billion (COP 21.1 trillion) in road infrastructure over the next 15 years, news website CM& reported. According to the report, the majority of...
Colombian women withhold sex for road improvements
Three-hundred women in the town of Barbacoas near the Pacific coast have vowed to withold sex from their husbands until the connecting road into their village has been paved. Dubbed the “strike of crossed legs,” the...
Colombia’s rainy season continues to wreak havoc
Various parts of north and central Colombia continue to be seriously affected by new incidents of landslides and flooding caused by the extreme rainy season. A number of recent occurrences in the neighboring departments of...
Govt considering air delivery of food due to rains: Minister
Colombia’s Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo said that the government is examining the idea of establishing emergency air points to carry food to the cities most adversely impacted by this winter’s harsh...
Heavy rains disrupt Holy Week holiday travel
Fourteen national roads are closed completely due to weather conditions, highway police reported Thursday, with a number of airports also affected. Prolonged heavy rains have caused numerous cases of landslides and flooding...
Bus crash leaves 7 dead, 35 injured
Seven passengers died and 35 were injured when a bus traveling from Bogota to Medellin crashed into a ravine Friday Morning, reported newspaper El Tiempo. Most of the injured “arrived with multiple fractures and injuries...
