Financial Times
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 00:00
After 50 years of fighting leftwing guerrillas in some of the most inhospitable terrain anywhere, Colombia is now seeking opportunities to market military skills abroad
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 00:00
His cabinet, perhaps the most competent in South America, is stuffed with capable technocrats. But critics say this is not always matched by their ability to get things done
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 00:00
Environmental campaigners urge the country's "locomotive" - as the government has described its mining and energy plans - to tread carefully around some areas rich in biodiversity
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 - 00:00
The government has embarked on the most ambitious transport infrastructure plan in its history to bring the road network up to date
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 00:00
Being the only television station that openly criticised the government was clearly not a successful business model, and at last Globovision's owner has thrown in the towel
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 00:00
The extended contracts come with new add on in terms of commitments to social projects which appears to be the new remit of the government to keep local communities happy
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 00:00
A demobilised guerrilla speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Financial Times he believed "a good chunk of the guerrillas won't give up their rifles so easily. It will take a good while"
Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 00:00
Mr Maduro stood in for Mr Chavez with a 10 minute speech to Congress in which he defended the president's decision to rule the Opec nation from a hospital bed in Havana
Monday, January 14, 2013 - 00:00
While agrarian reform is the main item on the agenda, the biggest bone of contention appears to be the halting of hostilities while negotiations take place
Friday, January 11, 2013 - 00:00
Inflation was boosted in the second half of 2012 by several "shocks", such as a rise in the price of agricultural commodities