Helen Murphy
Monday, April 6, 2009 - 00:00
After analyzing the data, the government revised down its 2009 GDP growth estimate to a range of 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent from a previous forecast of 3 percent
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 00:00
Juan Efrain Mendoza, a director of the Federacion Nacional Sindical Unitaria Agropecuaria, was found along with FARC commander Mosquera Machado, in a camp in Cundinamarca province, near Bogota
Saturday, February 7, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia’s Agriculture Minister Andres Arias resigned his post to run for president in the 2010 election
Friday, February 6, 2009 - 00:00
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia freed the last civilian among a group of 22 so-called political captives held by the rebels, raising expectations that a swap of hostages for jailed guerrillas will be easier
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia’s biggest guerrilla group freed former Governor Alan Jara, a captive for almost eight years, in what it called a “goodwill” gesture even as the rebels step up terror attacks
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia’s central bank, pressured by President Alvaro Uribe over the past year to lower rates, will have a board composed almost entirely of his appointees
Monday, February 2, 2009 - 00:00
Colombia’s biggest rebel group detonated a car bomb in Cali last night, killing three people and injuring 30 others
Thursday, January 8, 2009 - 00:00
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, in a letter from the “mountains of Colombia” to mediator and opposition Senator Piedad Cordoba, called for a “brother” country to oversee the release
Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 00:00
Latin American leaders seized on the election of Barack Obama as an opportunity to mend the U.S.'s rocky relations in the hemisphere
Thursday, October 9, 2008 - 00:00
Since last year, the government has required foreigners to deposit 50 percent of any investment in fixed income securities at the central bank for six months