Caracol Radio

Type: Company

Name: Caracol Radio

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Dollar could climb to COP1,900 this year: Economist

The U.S. dollar will continue its growth trend and could climb to COP1,900 this year, an economist said Thursday.The fall in foreign investment and fewer dollars are the primary causes of the peso’s retreat against the dollar this year, economist Jose ... [Published Colombia Reports - May 24 2013]

Entities: José Manuel Restrepo, Colombia, Caracol Radio

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

FARC

4 killed in north Colombia ‘FARC attack’

Three policemen and the director of a local migration office were killed near the Venezuelan border in an attack attributed to Colombia’s largest rebel group, the FARC, local media reported Thursday.Local authorities speaking to newspaper El Heraldo said ... [Published Colombia Reports - May 23 2013]

Entities: FARC, Colombia, Maicao (Colombia), Venezuela

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

At least 8 soldiers killed, 8 injured in north Colombia ‘ELN attack’

An attack attributed to Colombia’s second largest rebel group, the ELN, left at least eight soldiers dead and eight injured in northern Colombia on Wednesday.Authorities said the soldiers were killed when units from the army’s Second Division clashed ... [Published Colombia Reports - May 22 2013]

Entities: Colombia, Caracol Radio, Cucuta, Juan Manuel Santos Calderon

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Juan Manuel Santos Calderon

Santos announced Colombia’s new housing minister

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Luis Felipe Henao as the country’s new Housing Minister.Until now, Henao held the position of Deputy Minister of Housing. The official will replace outgoing Minister German ... [Published Colombia Reports - May 23 2013]

Entities: Colombia, Caracol Radio, Alvaro Uribe Velez, Juan Manuel Santos Calderon

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Saint-Gobain SA

Colombia to continue dollar purchases to keep peso ‘competitive’: Finance Minister

Colombia will continue buying dollars in order to keep its currency competitive, said Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas on Wednesday.Colombia will continue its current policy of dollar purchases at the rate of $750 million dollars per month in an effort ... [Published Colombia Reports - May 22 2013]

Entities: Colombia, Saint-Gobain SA, Quantitive Easing, Federal Reserve System, Google Finance

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Controlled explosion damages 20 houses in southern Colombia

Colombian police on Wednesday detonated an explosive devise allegedly planted by FARC guerrillas in the south-central city of Neiva, damaging around 20 houses in the process.On Wednesday morning, Colombian police found a 50-kilo explosive devise close ... [Published Colombia Reports - May 22 2013]

Entities: Neiva, Colombia, Detonation, FARC, DETONATOR

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Alvaro Uribe Velez

‘Marked differences’ separate Uribe and Colombia’s former police chief

The ex-head of Colombia’s national police explained there are “marked differences between him and former President Alvaro Uribe’s after the latter claimed to be “sad” his former police chief has joined the political reelection campaign of his political ... [Published Colombia Reports - May 20 2013]

Entities: Alvaro Uribe Velez, Óscar Adolfo Naranjo Trujillo, Colombia

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Families of massacre victims welcome congressman’s 30-year sentence

Families of victims of a 1988 massacre during which 43 people were killed by paramilitary forces on Thursday said to feel relieved over the 30-year prison sentence handed down to a former Congressman who had ordered the killings.“I thank God, like, we ... [Published Colombia Reports - May 16 2013]

Entities: Massacre, Segovia (Colombia), César Pérez

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Politicians from northern Colombia behind alleged plot to kill analysts: El Tiempo

Colombian politicians with ties to a criminal group are behind an alleged plot to assassinate two conflict analysts and a reporter, newspaper El Tiempo reported Wednesday.According to the newspaper, authorities investigating the alleged assassination ... [Published Colombia Reports - May 15 2013]

Entities: Colombia, Assassination, Caracol Radio, Valencia, Peace Process

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

‘FARC’ rebels attack police post, kill official and injure 4 more

Alleged members of Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC have attacked a police post in the south of the country Tuesday, local media reported. At least one policemen was killed and civilians may have been injured.According to the reports, the early-morning ... [Published Colombia Reports - May 14 2013]

Entities: FARC, Mocoa (Colombia), Caracol Radio, Santa Fe (New Mexico, United States)

First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Bogota authorities dismantle car bomb

Anti-explosives experts have dismantled a car bomb that was parked in the downtown area of Colombia’s capital Bogota.According to the witness who had warned the authorities about two suspicious individuals leaving the car unattended, he was told by policemen ... [Published Colombia Reports - May 12 2013]

Entities: Bogota, Car Bomb, Caracol Radio, Colombia, Bomb

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Colombia’s agriculture minister announces resignation

Colombia’s agriculture minister announced his resignation Friday, following disappointing results in the return of stolen land to displaced farmers and several crises in a number of agricultural sectors.Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo told Caracol Radio ... [Published Colombia Reports - May 11 2013]

Entities: Colombia, Resignation, Agriculture

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