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It's on the news right now, 14:15 p.m. Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos is making the announcement. The captives were held by FARC.
This article in el Colombiano (published in Medellin) says that the author of the Colombia Lonely Planet Guide admits he's never been to Colombia, he just researched info through a former colombian girlfriend. That gives you an idea of the quality of those travel guides. http://www.elcolombiano.com.co/BancoConocimiento/O/olac_redactor_de_lonely_planet_se_invento_guia_colombia_lcg_14042008/olac_redactor_de_lonely_planet_se_invento_guia_colombia_lcg_14042008.asp ...
Today the exchange rate closed at 1 dollar = 1,945 pesos. This is terrible for foreign investors who have US dollars and plan to invest in Colombia. This is great for those who bought properties or invested in Colombia prior to 2005. Where will be the exchange rate later this year? any guesses? ...
These are the official tourism Websites for Bogota and Medellin. The Bogota Guide is in English, the Medellin Guide is in spanish only. These websites are owned by the mayor's office of each city. http://www.bogota.gov.co/portel/libreria/php/decide.php?patron=01.180105 http://www.medellin.gov.co/alcaldia/jsp/modulos/V_medellin/index.jsp?idPagina=308 ...
After Bush's brief 6 hour visit to Bogota and the less evident three day visit of Germany's president last week, the spanish King will visit Medellin from friday until sunday to inaugurate the XIII Congress of Spanish Academies, a meeting to discuss the future and current situation of the spanish language all over the world. There are about 400 different events throughout the city ranging from poetry readings to academic dissertations about the spanish language.
Hotels are at a 95% occupa ...
Bogota and Medellin start today a full week of Christmas celebrations and extended shopping hours.
BOGOTA:
85 Kms. (56 miles) of pedestrian and cycling routes open to the public. Major plazas and highways with Christmas lights decorations. Most stores in Malls and shopping districts will be open until midnight everyday until Dec. 23rd.
MEDELLIN:
Friday Dec. 15th all Malls and shops in major shopping areas will be open 24 hours, non stop ...
Bogota was awarded a golden lion architectural award at the La Biennale di Venezia in Italy. The award acknowledges the amazing transformation Bogota has experienced in the last 10 years, from an almost collapsed ugly dirty urban area to a totally renewed urban environment where public architecture, transportation, parks, public utilities, safety and related issues made the city one of the best in latin america and the world.
Link:
http://www.labiennale.org/en/archi ...
This in today's La Republica's website:
http://www.larepublica.com.co/noticia.php?id_notiweb=69931&id_subseccion=72&template=noticia&fecha=2006-11-06
Executive Summary
Heat season is expected
Colombia, Bolivia and North East of Brazil are preparing for a heat season because of El Niño phenomenon, while in Ecuador, Peru and Chile are buying umbrella because there will be a wet weather. This prospect is expected in the West of South Amer ...
In this week's Semana magazine there's an article about McDonald's. Apparently the fast food company has been losing money since it started its operations in Colombia. The article also says that most of the latin american operations are losing money and the headquarters are considering to sell the whole latin american operations to a mexican franchisee.
The article also says that McDonald's has troubles competing with them. Other fast foods have had trouble in Colombia, Wendy's and Burg ...
I'm really surprised that Google Earth has a good view of Medellin, you can zoom in and see houses and streets but you choose Bogota and the photos suck, they're blurred. That's surprising considering that Bogota is the capital and Medellin is not. ...
There was a recent posting by.... I don't remember, who asked about investing in Exito, the largest colombian retailer. Well, it looks like he/she was onto something, in today's news they announced that a chilean investment group bought 25% of Exito, they paid 250 million dollars, that means the company's market cap is 1 billion dollars.
This means also that Exito is owned now by Casino (about 30%), Cencosud (25%) and the rest by colombian investors. The company's headquarters in ...
I found this video about Bogota. It's excellent, check it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jn3vM_5kIgM
I found this at the lonelyplanet site, it could be interesting for those interested in studying in one of Colombia's best universities. The email doesn't appear in the posting but I think it's easy to find, just google "Universidad de los Andes" +Bogota
Guided visits to Los Andes University campus in Bogota
Next Thursday February 23rd, Los Andes University will offer the first campus tour of this year. This opportunity is offered to people, over 18 years old ...
Airbus Industrie has chosen Medellin's Jose Maria Cordova International Airport to test their Super Jumbo A-380 because of the technical specifications and qualified personnel at the airport.
The big bird will land next sunday so if you're in Medellin or nearby go there with your camera.
According to the report, Medellin's airport will be the first one in the Americas to receive the big plane.
Check the full news (in spanish):
http://ww ...
Ok, here´s a chance to "elect" Juan Valdez as the most popular ad icon in the US...
http://advertising.yahoo.com/advertisingweek_05/icon_poll.html
Well, here´s some news for the La Lopez fans...
She´ll probably be in Colombia accompanying her husband Marc Anthony during his concert tour so she said that she would go shopping ONLY if they closed the best Mall in Bogota for her.... now, here´s the best part... the Mall´s manager apparently said that if they didn´t close it for Bill Clinton who went shopping there last week (we´re talking about the Andino Mall in Bogota) why should they close it for her? ...
So, for all of you PBH posters and occasional visitors, here´s my little impression of a place that´s definitely worth a visit if you´re in Medellin.
The place is called Vinacure, it´s a Club located in Caldas (see "how to get there" below). Now, this place is really something I´ve never seen anywhere else in Colombia. How could I describe it? it´s part circus, part disco, part bar, part museum/gallery. You could spend an hour just identifying and looking at all the images, ...
with a big emphasis on the "DIE" part...check this article..
http://www.cnn.com/si/2005/soccer/04/20/bc.la.spt.soc.colombia.caskets.ap/index.html?cnn=yes
Those paisas....big soccer fans...no? ...
This is just to show that this problem which most foreigners think is just a "colombian" problem is really a worldwide phenomenon but only Colombia seems to be singled out as the only country where that has happened.
Check this link:
www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/27/border.kidnappings/index.html ...
Flower Festival in Medellin – Feria de las Flores
The flower festival in Medellin is perhaps the largest folkloric festival held in Colombia after the Barranquilla Carnival in January.
The festival was born in the 1950s to celebrate the importance of the flower growers in the region near Medellin. Cut flowers are one of the most important agricultural export industry in Colombia. Currently Colombia supplies about 70% of the flowers sold in the United States.
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