Discover Colombia News provides this syndication from the original story that was posted on September 27, 2010 on the Wall Street Journal website. LIMA (Dow Jones)–Chilean and Colombian investors are showing a keen appetite for Peru’s smaller and cheaper stock market, finding good value in Lima compared with their more expensive home markets in Santiago and Bogota, where [...]
According to the president of Peru’s stock exchange, Roberto Hoyle, the South America countries of Peru, Chile and Colombia will integrate their stock exchanges later this year. The anticipated event is set to begin on November 22, 2010 and will form the largest stock exchange in South America. The combined equity trading of these three emergin markets [...]
Highlights include video footage of the landslides in the small town of Canagordas located in the department of Antioquia, Colombia. Landslides are common in Colombia during the rainy months (winter). Winter weather causes flooding in Lorica, Cordoba after five hours of rain creates problems for 5000 families and more than 2000 homes. Also highlighted is beautiful video footage [...]
Video footage of a deadly landslide that occurred around 3:30 p.m. on monday September 27, 2010 near the town of El Tambo in a western province of Antioquia known as Giraldo. The disaster struck as a group of travellers were loading into a vehicle that was taking them to the nearby city of Medellin. Read [...]
A landslide that killed as many as 30 people or more was caught on film by an engineer on Monday, September 27th in the department of Antioquia. The hope for survivors is dismall as rain soaked mountains are a constant threat every year during the rainy season. President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos will visit visit the [...]
Discover Colombia News provides this syndication from the original story that was posted on September 26, 2010 on the Open Democracy website. When Juan Manuel Santos in his inauguration speech said that, “all the land of those displaced by violence, regardless of whose hands it might be in today, will be returned to its rightful owner”, many assumed [...]
Highlights from the evening report include the story regarding the dismissal of Colombia Senator Piedad Cordoba from her position for 18 years by Colombia Attorney General Alejandro Ordoñez. Piedad Cordoba was found guilty of directly consulting the FARC.
Highlights from the midday report include President Santos of Colombia visiting the recent bombing site of La Macarena National Park that killed FARC leader Mono Joyjoy. Mono Joyjoy was killed on September 23, 2010 after a military airstrike to his camp in La Macarena National Park south of Bogota, Colombia. President Santos has used this key event [...]
The Colombia Shipping Report provides industry professionals and strategists, corporate analysts, shipping associations, government departments and regulatory bodies with independent forecasts and competitive intelligence on Colombia’s shipping industry. Colombia’s potential as a growth market for the international maritime sector has been further realised with the news that Goldman Sachs subsidiary SSA Marine will invest in [...]
The recent military defeat and death of feared FARC leader Mono Joyjoy whose real name is Jorge Briceño Suárez has been called the most crushing blow to the FARC guerrillas in recent history. The Colombian Defense Minister, Rodrigo Rivera has stated that “Mono Joyjoy was the most hated man in Colombia”. Colombia’s security has dramatically [...]
