A Women’s World Cup it is in its last days. This Saturday, England beat Colombia, on the comeback, by 2-1, and was closer to winning the title. Santos opened the scoring for the Colombians, but Hemps and Russo were there to turn for England and put the European team in the semifinals. The British dominated […]
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Colombia, a paradise for the controversial “rental of wombs”
Colombian Laura Zúñiga gave birth to two children who are now growing up abroad with other parents who paid for “rent” her bellyan increasingly frequent practice in Colombia and which congressmen try to regulate. “Hello, I would like to rent my womb, they pay me half when you test it [de embarazo] come out positive […]
Colombian Grupo Aval and banking subsidiary settle US corruption charges.
The Colombian conglomerate Endorsement Group and its banking affiliate will pay more than $80 million to settle charges of violating anti-corruption laws in USAauthorities in Washington said Thursday. The financial group and its unit Corporación Financiera Colombiana, also known as Corficolombiana, were charged with violating the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, according to the Justice […]
National Holidays: the four international destinations most sought after by Peruvians
There are only a few days left to celebrate the National Holidays with family or friends and Peruvians wonder what is the best way to enjoy their gratification. Traveling to new places and living experiences is an option that convinces many. For this reason, Avianca airlines lists the international destinations most sought after by Peruvians […]
UN: Fall in the price of coca contributes to food insecurity in Colombia
The collapse of the price of Coca leafthe main input of the cocaineis contributing to food insecurity in Colombia and causing displacement, as people leave areas that depend on illicit cultivation, revealed an internal presentation of United Nations known to Reuters. Historically, coca cultivation has provided better incomes than legal alternatives for thousands of rural […]
“Drug trafficking is a global business, but Colombia puts up the dead,” according to a writer
The Colombian writer Gustavo Forero denounced this Wednesday at the Semana Negra cultural festival in Gijón (northern Spain) that he drug trafficking It is a global business that moves more money than the budgets of many states, although it is “stigmatizes” to countries like yours when they are the ones who “they put the dead”. […]
Colombia: Former presidential candidate charged for receiving campaign payments from Odebrecht
The Colombian Prosecutor’s Office charged this Monday several crimes, including illicit enrichment, to the former presidential candidate of Uribismo (right) Óscar Iván Zuluaga for receiving payments from the Brazilian company Odebrecht in the 2014 campaign, in which he lost in the second round against Juan Manuel Santos . During the hearing to charge charges against […]
The Pope will create 21 new cardinals in Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela
He Pope Francisco announced this Sunday the creation of 21 new cardinalsamong which are three Argentines, a Colombian and a Venezuelan. “I am happy to announce that on September 30 I will celebrate a Consistory for the creation of new cardinals”, announced the pope, after his weekly Angelus prayer from the window of the Apostolic […]
Petro and Lula lay the foundations to accelerate the preservation of the Amazon
Colombian President, Gustavo Petroand the Brazilian, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvamet this Saturday to prepare the Amazon Summit next month in Brazil in a push to accelerate the preservation of the Amazon and call for environmental urgency. “Caring for the Amazon is both a privilege and a responsibility”Lula stated on his first visit to Colombia, […]
Pandora announces the acquisition of 14 stores in Colombia
Pandorathe luxury jewelry company, announced in a statement that it has acquired 14 store locations in Colombiawhich previously belonged to its former business partner, RUA Group. “This strategic acquisition further strengthens Pandora’s position in the Colombian market, and will increase customer satisfaction”, is read in the pronouncement of the brand The points are distributed in […]