Airlines hope to leverage trucker strike
Colombia’s air transportation authority said it is ready to take a load off the truckers who are going on strike at midnight Wednesday, RCN Radio reported. Director of Civil Aeronautics…
Colombia’s air transportation authority said it is ready to take a load off the truckers who are going on strike at midnight Wednesday, RCN Radio reported. Director of Civil Aeronautics…
The Truckers Association of Colombia (ACC), which represents around 180,000 truck drivers throughout Colombia, confirmed plans to strike over freight rates, EFE reported Tuesday. The government intends to introduce free-market…
A multi-vehicle pileup in southern Bogota on Sunday left 24 people injured. The collision, involving a bus, two minibuses and a taxi, is thought to have been caused when one…
Four passengers of a Bogota taxi were attacked by six taxi drivers for being 500 pesos (27 cents) short to pay for their ride. The incident took place on Wednesday…
The Colombian Navy is looking for nine people who went missing after their boat crashed with a tugboat on the Magdalena river Wednesday. A Navy spokesperson said Wednesday that search…
A section of railroad that connects the largest coal mine in Colombia with the country’s largest port where the fossil fuel is exported was blown up Tuesday, the mining company…
Five national highways remain closed and nearly 240 routes are restricted across the country, reported RCN radio Thursday. The recent break in the rains has permitted the rehabilitation of many…
Colombian airlines carried 33.9 percent more passengers in 2010 compared to the year before, the country’s aviation authority announced. According to RCN Radio, cargo transport also rose by 9.3 percent.…
Rail operations have restarted after 50 train cars carrying coal from Glencore’s Prodeco unit in Colombia derailed earlier this week, a private company in charge of the railway concession said…