Copa Holdings, S.A. , parent company of Copa Airlines and Aero Republica, today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2008 . The terms "Copa Holdings" or "the Company" refer to the consolidated entity, whose...
BUENOS AIRES, July 30 (RIA Novosti) - At least 11 people died and another nine were injured when a truck collided with a bus Wednesday in northeast Colombia, local media reported. The accident occurred some 14 kilometers (9...
Colombian cellco Movistar expects to launch 3G services before the end of the year, writes BNamericas. Movistar Colombia, a unit of Spanish telecoms group Telefonica expects to initially provide W-CDMA coverage in capital...
The city of Barrancabermeja, in Colombia’s Magdalena Medio region, is a strategic port, a center of oil refining, and for decades has been a center of labor and social-movement organizing. Barrancabermeja’s labor leaders and...
A paramilitary group has threatened to kill the trade unionists and social activists who live or work in the city of Bucaramanga, Santander Department. Their lives may be in danger. Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as...
CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--June 19, 2008--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)-- An operator died on June 7 while performing maintenance on a unit's security valve at Ecopetrol's Barrancabermeja refinery in...
BUENOS AIRES, June 16 (RIA Novosti) - Eight people were killed and 29 injured when a bus fell into a ravine near Bucaramanga in northeast Colombia, traffic police said on Monday. The bus, carrying 35 passengers and two drivers,...
This nine part documentary created by Taline Haytayan of her experience as part of the Peace Brigades International organization in the strife ridden Barrancabermeja region of Colombia captured my attention throughout. It...
Ten years on from a terrible act of violence in conflict-torn Colombia, the UK-based international development agency Christian Aid is supporting the victims' families in their quest for justice. The paramilitaries had been following the man involved for a few days before a reliable source gave...
BOGOTA, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Colombian police have arrested 17 people suspected of collaborating with a criminal network run by former paramilitary chief Salvatore Mancuso. The suspects were arrested Tuesday during an operation coded "Florero" in Bogota, Bucaramanga and Cucuta, according to a...