Sunday, September 30, 2012

Colombia

  • Strong earthquake hits southwestern Colombia

    2012 - An estimated magnitude-7.1 earthquake has struck southwestern Colombia, the Associated Press reports. There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries in the region.

    www.usatoday.com

  • Colombia Earthquake: Deep 7.1 Quake Reported In Colombia

    BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombian authorities say there are no immediate reports of injuries or damage from an earthquake centered deep underground in the country's southwest whose magnitude the U.S.

    www.huffingtonpost.com

  • Oil groups tussle for Colombia licences

    Some of the world's largest oil companies are jostling for licences to explore for shale gas in Colombia, one of many countries hoping to replicate the North American boom in unconventional gas.

    www.ft.com

  • Santos: In Colombia, as among Israelis and Palestinians, talks are the way forward

    WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos likened his bid to end decades of violence through talks with Marxist rebels to the elusive Israeli-Palestinian quest for a two-state solution.

    www.jta.org

  • Ecuador says freed foreign tourists are 'in good spirits'

    Two women tourists rescued from kidnappers in Ecuador near its border with Colombia are receiving medical attention in the capital, Quito, the country's interior minister said on Sunday.

    www.guardian.co.uk

  • Flamingoes Edge Colombia to Set a Date With France

    Nigeria's Flamingoes have qualified for the quarter finals of the ongoing FIFA U17 Women World Cup in Azerbaijan after defeating Colombia 3:0 to top their group. After the 11:0 thrashing of the host nation, Azerbaijan, so much was expected from the ...

    allafrica.com

  • Colombian President Santos Receives AJC Diplomatic Statesman Award

    NEW YORK, Sept. 28, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was honored at an American Jewish Committee (AJC) luncheon in New York, and received the global advocacy organization's prestigious Diplomatic ...

    www.sacbee.com

  • Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos Hypes Success At Council of the Americas

    The Colombian government and the FARC recently announced that they will hold joint peace talks in an effort to end the half century-long internal civil conflict that has seen 50,000 and 200,000 people killed and 2.4 million and 4 million people ...

    latino.foxnews.com

  • Colombia Keeps 4.75% Rate and Extends Daily Dollar Purchases

    The Colombian currency has appreciated 7.7 percent this year, the fourth-best performance against the dollar among the 31-most traded currencies tracked by Bloomberg worldwide.

    www.businessweek.com

  • Colombia peace talks: Why the United States should support the process

    But sitting down to negotiate, as he proposes, with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) insurgency, a group with deep ties to narco-trafficking, kidnapping and on the US terrorist watch list, is not without a high degree of political risk.

    www.voxxi.com

  • Colombia Absolves Kidnapping Victim Accused of Misdeeds

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Bringing to a close a case that stunned Colombia and focused attention on a brutal episode in the country's long-running guerrilla war, Colombian authorities this week absolved a former state legislator just months after accusing ...

    www.nytimes.com

  • Colombian Copycat Banks Sell 13 Years of Bonds in Months

    The sales are helping fund a 17 percent lending surge as Colombia's economy expands at the second-fastest pace among Latin America's biggest countries, behind Peru.

    www.businessweek.com

  • Fitch Updates Colombian Residential Mortgage Criteria Assumptions

    BOGOTA, Colombia - Fitch Ratings has today updated its rating criteria for assessing credit risk in Colombian residential mortgage loan pools that are used as collateral for structured finance transactions.

    www.heraldonline.com

  • Large quake hits Colombia but does not generate Pacific-wide tsunami

    A large earthquake struck southwestern Colombia this morning but did not generate a destructive tsunami, officials said. The 7.1-magnitude temblor was centered 31 miles south of the regional capital ofPopayan, Columbia, and 203 miles northeast of Quito ...

    www.staradvertiser.com

  • Colombia's Ecopetrol says rebel attacks drop off as talks loom

    LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Colombia's Ecopetrol said rebel attacks on its pipelines had dropped in the last month, giving hope that upcoming peace talks to try to end five decades of war could benefit the country's largest oil producer.

    www.reuters.com

  • Tombini Classmate Reappointed as Colombia Central Bank Chief

    ... Classmate Reappointed as Colombia Central Bank Chief. By Matthew Bristow and Christine Jenkins - 2012-09-28T22:30:14Z.

    www.bloomberg.com

  • Colombian Bond Yields Fall to Record Low as Central Bank Meets

    Yields on Colombia's peso bonds fell to a record low amid speculation policy makers will lower benchmark borrowing costs as soon as today to support growth in the Andean economy.

    www.businessweek.com

  • UPDATE 2-Colombia current acct deficit widens in H1 vs year ago

    Capital, financial account totals $6.74 billion in 1st half of 2012. * FDI rises 18 pct to $7.79 billion in January-June period. By Jack Kimball.

    in.reuters.com

  • Colombia is Second in World for Land Mine Victims, Behind Afghanistan

    403962 01: A Colombian soldier searches for possible land mines left by the FARC, The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, after the group dynamited an energy tower owned by the state operated national energy distribution network, ISA, April 15, ...

    latino.foxnews.com

  • Colombia to renegotiate terms of BHP's Cerro Matoso mine

    BOGOTA, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Colombia will renegotiate out-dated contract terms including royalty payments for BHP Billiton's Cerro Matoso nickel mine in a bid to get a better deal for the Andean nation, government officials and a tribunal said on ...

    www.reuters.com

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