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…
Coal workers at Cerrejon, Colombia’s largest exporter, have voted to strike after the union faild to reach a new compensation deal, news agency Reuters reported Thursday. Cerrejon produces 85,000 tons…
Colombia’s National Federation of Palm Oil Growers (Fedepalma) called for the government to exercise greater control in their sector, in order to prevent illicit drug money being invested in the…
There is speculation in Colombian media that political party Cambio Radical are set to confirm an alliance with presidential candidate Juan Manuel Santos. El Espectador reported Tuesday that Cambio Radical leader…
A meeting of Conservative Party Congress members unanimously decided to offer their support to Partido de la U candidate Juan Manuel Santos in the second round of presidential elections, reports Semana. “The people expressed themselves at…
The president of Colombia’s General Confederation of Workers union (CGT), Julio Roberto Gomez, met with President Alvaro Uribe to express concern that seventeen trade unionists have been murdered so far this…
Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos casts doubt on the future of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), following the election of former Argentinian president Nestor Kirchner as secretary general, reports…
Cambio Radical presidential candidate German Vargas Lleras, said Thursday that he is “willing to discuss” a political alliance with Liberal Party candidate Rafael Pardo, in the first round of Colombia’s upcoming…
A group of Congress members from Colombia’s Liberal Party called on their presidential candidate Rafael Pardo to “open up” to the possibility of alliances with other candidates, reported El Espectador…