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Colombian military 'on maximum alert'

From correspondents in Bogota COLOMBIA warned overnight that its forces were on "maximum alert'' and were prepared to defend against any attack, amid rising tensions with neighbouring Venezuela. Colombian Defense Minister...

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Tables Turned: Lost in Paradise-Armenia

I decide to leave Bogota without a plan. I am told to go to Sala A. I wait there until 4:20, and then a young man comes up to me and tell me to go to Sala B. This is on the other side of the bus terminal. So me and my rolling...

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Fitch Affirms Transportadora de Gas Internacional's IDRs at 'BB'; Outlook Negative

Fitch Ratings has affirmed Transportadora de Gas Internacional S.A. E.S.P.'s (TGI) foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'BB'. Higher Leverage and Parent Support: TGI's leverage level is moderately high...

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Still on the Jet Lag

It has been more than a week since we came back from our London-Bogota trip and yet I am still feeling the jet lag. Kuala Lumpur and London time difference is not much. There's an 8-hour difference. Kuala Lumpur and Bogota has...

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Car Free Sundays: Now in São Paulo

By Jonas Hagen, reporting contributed by Helena Orenstein Nearly 10,000 enthusiastic cyclists came to São Paulo’s first Car Free Sunday Photo Credit: Helena Orenstein New York, Buenos Aires, and now… São Paulo! Car Free Days...

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Colombia's ETB Signs Multi-Year Billing Agreement with FTS

ETB and FTS Continue to Consolidate Their Strategic Relationship (pressebox) Boca Raton, Florida, 18.11.2009, FTS (LSE: FTS), a global provider of billing, CRM and policy control solutions for communication, content and service...

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Escobar son accused in Medellin cartel crimes

By VIVIAN SEQUERA and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press Writers BOGOTA (AP) - Colombia's police director says the son of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar was directly involved in cartel business, even killings, rejecting the...

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Broadband Grew 14 Percent in Colombia During the First Half of 2009

BOGOTA, Colombia, November 18, 2009 - Cisco announced today the results of the Cisco Broadband Barometer, which reported a 14 percent growth in broadband connections in Colombia from January to June 2009. According to the...

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Bogotá Ride Report

Cycling Inquisition recently posted a ride report from Bogotá, Columbia lending a present day outlook on the riding and culture surrounding it. For anyone who enjoyed Discovering the Bicycle in Bogotá back in Urban Velo #12,...

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Venezuela, Colombia spar over soldiers (AAP)

Tensions mounted between rival South American nations Venezuela and Colombia on Tuesday as Caracas accused Bogota of detaining four of its soldiers in international waters. The four members of Venezuela's national guard, who...

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