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Colombian Peso Advances on Foreign DirectColombian Peso Advances on Foreign Direct Investment OutlookBloombergColombia's peso rose the most in three weeks after the central bank said foreign investment may soar to a record. The peso advanced 0.4 percent to 1906.66 per dollar at 2:52 pm in Bogota, ...Posted on 16 November 2011 | 8:26 pm
Colombia's FARC Appoints New Chief - FoxReutersColombia's FARC Appoints New ChiefFox NewsFILE - In this undated video image broadcast by the Venezuela-based Telesur network, Timoleon Jimenez, a senior commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) reads a statement in an unknown location in Colombia. ...Colombia's FARC rebels choose hardliner 'Timochenko' to leadChristian Science MonitorColombia's new FARC boss, a doctor and strategistReutersJimenez Replaces Cano as Colombian Rebel LeaderVoice of AmericaTelegraph.co.uk -Gulf Timesall 196 news articles »
Posted on 16 November 2011 | 7:48 pm
Colombia's Flower Workers Face Poor LaborColombia's Flower Workers Face Poor Labor ConditionsHuffington PostFor two years, Hugo Moreno, 44, worked in the same flower plantation on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia's capital city. Like thousands of other flower workers he would wake up, take a rickety old bus to work, ...
Posted on 16 November 2011 | 5:54 pm
Colombia Stock Movers: BMC, ISA Fall; GrupoColombia Stock Movers: BMC, ISA Fall; Grupo Aval GainsBloombergInterconexion Electrica SA (ISA) , a Colombian energy and roadway company, fell 1.4 percent to 11660 pesos. The company said it will buy the stake it doesn't already own in a Chilean company from Cintra Infraestructuras SA. ISA, as the Colombian ...Colombia Stock Movers: BMC, ISA Fall; Grupo Aval GainsBusinessWeekall 2 news articles »
Posted on 16 November 2011 | 5:20 pm
Colombia's students win their battle:Fellowship of Reconciliation (blog)Colombia's students win their battle: education reform thrown outColombia ReportsColombia's Congress has voted to withdraw the government's controversial higher education reform bill, in a resounding victory for student protesters. Students, who have been on strike for five weeks against a bill they believed would lead to the ...Colombia's students defend public education, join worldwide movementPeople's WorldColombian Student Protesters Demand Quality - and EqualityThe IndypendentWinning on both counts: How Colombian Students won by Out-rooting violence ...Fellowship of Reconciliation (blog)Worldcrunch -World War 4 Report -DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)all 9 news articles »
Posted on 16 November 2011 | 4:12 pm
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Targeting Teachers: The 'dirty war'COTORRA — In Colombia, just 4 percent of workers belong to unions — one of the lowest rates in the hemisphere. read morePosted on 9 February 2012 | 11:26 am
Is it the end of paramilitarism in Colombia?The last of Colombia's paramilitary leaders were captured in Venezuela, marking the end for a group that dominated Colombia's drug trade, writes guest blogger Jeremy McDermott.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 2:41 pm
Colombia Energy Resources, Inc. Announces SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Colombia Energy Resources, Inc. (OTCBB: CERX.OB), (the "Company" or "CERX") is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Herrera metallurgical ...
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 11:00 am
Colombia Crest Gold Provides ExplorationVANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Colombia Crest Gold Corp. is pleased to provide an update for the ongoing exploration program in Colombia, including the 2012 drill program and advancements made in 2011.2012 Drill ProgramWith two large areas identified at the Arabia porphyry gold targets 1 and 2, based ...
Posted on 7 February 2012 | 12:30 pm
Colombia Central Bank Resumes Dollar BuyingColombia’s central bank will resume purchases of dollars to ease a rally in the peso that may deepen after policy makers raised interest rates.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 11:13 am
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Obama's security team heads to Colombia toUnited States President Barack Obama's security team will arrive in Colombia Thursday, to prepare for the leader's April visit, reported newspaper El Pais Wednesday. Obama is attending the Sixth Summit of the Americas in Cartagena from April 9 ...Posted on 9 February 2012 | 9:20 am
Colombia: Total Sells Assets For About 1Total said Wednesday it has signed an agreement with Sinochem to sell TEPMA BV. This fully owned affiliate of Total holds a working interest in the Cusiana field as well as a participation in OAM and ODC pipelines in Colombia. Total share of production of ...
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 6:03 pm
Colombia Forecaster Who Foresaw RateJan. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Global Securities’s Daniel Escobar, the only analyst surveyed by Bloomberg to predict Colombia’s interest-rate increase yesterday, says policy makers will raise borrowing costs twice more by June to keep inflation in ...
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 3:19 pm
Most Profitable Carry Trade Spurred byJan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Betting on gains in the Colombian peso has proven to be the most profitable risk-adjusted trade in the foreign-exchange market this year as policy makers raise interest rates to keep inflation in check. The peso’s so ...
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 3:19 pm
Colombia rate hike is basic centralBOGOTA Feb 8 (Reuters) - Colombia's surprise decision to raise the benchmark lending rate last month was a necessary move that Finance Minister Juan Carlos Echeverry likened to basic "central banking 101." Echeverry, who sits on the central bank ...
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 2:57 pm
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Chicken lays really jumbo egg in ColombiaPosted on 7 February 2012 | 8:05 pm
Puerto Rico fisherman survives 20 daysA Puerto Rican fisherman spent nearly three weeks adrift in the Caribbean, surviving on raw fish and trapped rainwater, before reaching the Colombian island of San Andres.
Posted on 6 February 2012 | 7:44 pm
Colombia capital tries trial ban on guns inGustavo Petro was imprisoned as a rebel in the 1980s on a weapons conviction. As Bogota's new mayor, he wants to get firearms off the streets of this city where the conspicuous display of guns has long been the norm.
Posted on 2 February 2012 | 7:01 am
Colombia ex-official convicted: paramilitaryColombia's Supreme Court has convicted a former president of Congress of close ties to a far-right militia leader and sentenced him to nine years in prison.
Posted on 1 February 2012 | 8:46 pm
6 dead, 20 wounded in new attack on ColombiaAssailants in pickup trucks fired homemade mortars at a police station in this western town Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding more than 20, the regional police chief said.
Posted on 1 February 2012 | 8:32 pm
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Posted on 9 February 2012 | 1:47 pm
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Posted on 9 February 2012 | 1:46 pm
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Posted on 9 February 2012 | 1:46 pm
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Gunmen attack Colombia police stationAssailants in pickup trucks fired homemade mortars at a Colombian police station on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding more than 20.Posted on 9 February 2012 | 10:54 am
Cuba, Colombia FMs agree to boostVisiting Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin and her Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla on Wednesday agreed to promote the tie between the.
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 9:14 am
Duarte to lead Colombia ColdeportesFirst training on distance on the Iseo Lake (Bergamo) for Colombia Coldeportes on Wednesday February 8: the 16 riders, directed by Valerio Tebaldi and Oscar Pellicioli, took chance of some relief from the great cold investing ...
Posted on 9 February 2012 | 7:41 am
Colombia FM Visits Cuba as Mediator -Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin will arrive in Cuba today to “mediate” the possible participation of the island in the upcoming Summit of the Americas, which will be sponsored by the US but will take place in ...
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 6:45 pm
Colombia Looks For Travel PRColombia Looks For Travel PR. ProExport Colombia wants to talk to travel PR firms as the government of that South American nation targets tourism as an "emerging sector" of its minerals, coffee and flowers-based economy.
Posted on 8 February 2012 | 5:32 pm
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