Tag: Colombia

• Friday, August 24th 2012 - 05:15 UTC

  Colombia changes Finance minister but confirms open-economy business friendly policy

  

  Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos moved Energy Minister Mauricio Cardenas to head the finance post on Thursday in a surprise move. At the midpoint of his four-year term, Santos asked all 16 ministers to resign, including Finance Minister Juan Carlos Echeverry, and set the stage for a cabinet shuffle aimed at shoring up his slumping approval ratings.

• Friday, August 3rd 2012 - 07:24 UTC

  Colombian court ruling favours indigenous people; government to appeal

  

  Colombian Defence minister said on Thursday the Constitutional Court’s decision to order armed forces to leave indigenous territories in south-eastern Colombia will not affect military presence in the volatile south-western Cauca department.

• Monday, July 23rd 2012 - 08:32 UTC

  FARC blow up Colombia’s main oil pipeline; fears of pollution in nearby river

  

  Colombia's largest rebel group has blown up a section of the 220.000-barrel-per-day-capacity Caño Limon-Covenas oil pipeline, Ecopetrol and the army said, in the latest in a series of attacks on oil infrastructure.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 09:48 UTC

  Inclusive Wealth Indicator, with human capital data, discussed at Rio+20

  

  A new index that measures a nation's wealth by taking into account factors such as natural resources, social stability and wellbeing, has painted Colombia and Venezuela in a very different light to that suggested by their GDP (gross domestic product) — the traditional measure of a country's success.

• Thursday, June 21st 2012 - 05:40 UTC

  Colombia determined to ensure a floor oil production of 1 million bpd

  

  Colombia which has become South America’s third- largest crude supplier, is speeding environmental permits for oil companies as delays threaten to derail an output target of 1 million barrels a day this year, the nation’s regulator said.

• Friday, June 15th 2012 - 06:17 UTC

  Colombia passes law that could pave the way for peace talks with guerrillas

  

  Colombia's Congress on Thursday passed a law that could pave the way for peace talks with Marxist oriented guerrillas, raising hopes for an end to the war, but drawing criticism from human rights groups that say the law is too lenient toward rebel leaders.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2012 - 23:02 UTC

  Unasur new Secretary General promises to work for energy integration and reduce poverty

  

  Venezuela has taken the Unasur secretary general post from Colombia during a ceremony last Monday held in Bogotá with the attendance of Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos and his Paraguayan counterpart Fernando Lugo.

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 05:45 UTC

  Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico seal the Pacific Alliance for economic integration

  

  Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico signed an accord Wednesday creating the Pacific Alliance to more deeply integrate their economies, and develop new trade links with the Asia-Pacific region.

• Monday, May 28th 2012 - 07:34 UTC

  North Ireland leaders willing to share peace experience with Colombia lawmakers

  

  North Ireland officials are willing to share their peace forging experiences with Colombia in the event of a peace process that puts an end to the decades-long armed conflict in the South American country.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2012 - 03:59 UTC

  Buenos Aires police de-activate bomb attack on former Colombian president Uribe

  

  Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe will carry on with his activities in Argentina as planned, despite the fact a bomb was found in a Buenos Aires theatre where he is expected to give a conference, according to sources close to the event organization