‘FARC Push to Retake Old Paramilitary Battlegrounds’
By Admin Saturday, January 28, 2012
by Elyssa Pachico
The FARC are reportedly under orders to retake strategic territory in west Colombia, demonstrating the guerrillas’ ability to resurge in areas where they once had to battle paramilitaries.
Guerrilla Retreat Leads to IPO as Colombia’s Condor Seeks Highway Funding
By Admin Friday, January 27, 2012
By Blake Schmid
Construcciones El Condor SA, a Medellin-based construction company, aims to raise as much as 200 billion pesos ($111 million) in an initial public offering to help finance Bogota’s airport expansion and jungle highway projects in areas once overrun by guerrillas.
Better Than Brazil: How to Invest in a Colombian Safe Haven
By Admin Friday, January 27, 2012
By Martin Hutchinson, Global Investing Strategist, Money Morning
The Eurozone is about to collapse. The United States is struggling out of the deepest recession since World War II. And the IMF forecasts global growth will drop from 5% in 2011 to 2.6% in 2012.
Colombian rebels to free 6 hostages, urging swaps
By Admin Thursday, January 26, 2012
Helen Murphy — Reuters
BOGOTA (Reuters) - A Colombian FARC rebel commander named six military and police captives the group pledged to free in the coming weeks and proposed a constitutional change to allow the exchange of jailed guerrillas for hostages.
Colombian President Santos apologises for 1999 massacre
By Admin Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has apologised in the name of the state for a massacre of some 50 people by right-wing paramilitaries 13 years ago.
More...Bogota C40 Taxi Pilot Project is Electric
By online Tuesday, January 24, 2012
NEW YORK and BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/—New public-private partnership pilot project announced to launch 50 electric vehicle taxis in capital district.
More...Costa Rican fishing boats detained off Colombian coast
By Admin Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Colombian authorities detained three Costa Rican fishing vessels for allegedly fishing in protected waters in Colombia on Thursday, newswire FiS reported.
More...Colombian police confiscates 1.7 tons of marijuana
By Admin Monday, January 23, 2012
BOGOTA (Xinhua)—Colombian police forces had confiscated 1.7 tons of marijuana in a rural area in southwest Colombia, allegedly from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group, a police report said on Sunday.
More...Homemade Liquor Kills 1 in Colombia
By Admin Tuesday, January 17, 2012
BOGOTA – An Indian in the southeastern Colombian province of Guaviare died and at least seven others were gravely ill after imbibing a homemade liquor fermented from bananas that were apparently contaminated by pesticide used to eradicate coca, the raw material of cocaine, authorities said Monday.
More...Bogota Colombia Business
FL Technics Training: Is the Asian-Pacific region ready to win the MRO race?
Friday, January 27, 2012
This year the Asian-Pacific region based aircraft fleet is expected to expand even further with 650 new aircraft to be added to the already impressive existing fleet. According to Ascend, among the 31 leading airlines (based on wide body aircraft deliveries) 13 are registered in Asia, 10 – in Europe, 5 – in the Middle East/Africa and only 3 – in North America. 7 out of the 10 largest carriers (according to the same criterion) are based in the Asian-Pacific region.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
According to the data gathered by Civil Aviation Administrations in 18 European countries, there are about 114 thousand pilots holding PPL, ATPL and CPL licenses for operating aircraft and helicopters in the continent at the moment. The most popular type of license in both aircraft and helicopter markets is the Private Pilot License owned by 48 thousand pilots.
American News
Green Gurus choose Abu Dhabi to “Green” World Tourism
Friday, January 27, 2012
With the scare mongering of man-made global warming going, going and almost gone off the radar map, climate change gurus are opening the door to “World Green Tourism” starting in Abu Dhabi.
The ‘Anti-Spooky Dude Posse’ attracts Glenn’s attention to ‘Bring Back Beck’Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The ‘Anti-Spooky Dude’ posse behind a new website called Sorosfiles.com, a project of America’s Survival, Inc. (ASI) has launched the ‘Bring Back Beck’ campaign: “Tell Fox News to stop selling out to Soros.”
Latin America
Should Mercedes-Benz have Appologized for Che Guevara Ad Flap?
Wilman Villar is the latest Cuban to be murdered by the Castro regime
Chavez Resumes Program After Cancer Treatment
Chavez Appoints New Military Intelligence Chief
24 killed in drug cartel-plagued Mexican state
Peru establishes crime of femicide
World News
Suicide attack kills seven at Afghan airport
Thursday, January 19, 2012
A suicide bomber killed at least seven people and wounded eight Thursday in an attack at Kandahar international airport in war-torn southern Afghanistan, officials said.
News Corp pays out over hacking claimsThursday, January 19, 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - The British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has agreed to settle a string of legal claims over phone hacking, after victims said the company had admitted its management knew about the practice and tried to cover up.
Canada in the News
PPG completes acquisition of local coatings business
By Admin Monday, January 23, 2012
LONDON, O.N. (WIVB) - Thousands of Canadian auto union workers from across Ontario rallied in London, Saturday. They’re calling for an end to a three-week-old lockout at a heavy-equipment maker.
Recent BFP Columns
Colombia gets an ABC family
By Admin --Features
Disney is set to produce a Colombian version of family skein “Brothers and Sisters,” its fourth incursion into remaking original ABC Studios’ productions in Latin America.
Nadal Advances at Aussie Open; Colombia’s Falla Stuns Fish
By Admin --Sports
MELBOURNE, Australia – Spain’s Rafael Nadal continued his steady progression through the Australian Open draw with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 victory Wednesday over Germany’s Tommy Haas in second-round play, while Colombian Alejandro Falla scored the first big upset of the tournament by knocking off American Mardy Fish.
THE SLUMBER BOWL
By Micki L. H. Phillips --Features
AHHHHHH.....The weekend.....SNOOZE CITY..... Not one but THREE football games in a row.....HOT DOG [ $8.50 + TAX]! My ex-husband could not wait for the games to begin and before he hit the couch, he was on his FIRSTdown.
Colombian alzaimer’s families travel to US
By Admin --Features
Channel 4 News Science Editor Tom Clarke follows a group of Colombian families blighted by Alzheimer’s to the US, where the hope is that a new study could help those suffering from the condition.
{GRAVY} TRAIN OF THOUGHT
By Micki L. H. Phillips --Features
One glorious day, of this gift called life, my friend, Chatty, and I were discussing our dogs diets. (Must have been SOME conversation (?).) I confessed that I would feel like a ‘heal’ if I did not share my table scraps with Dylan and Dalyla (my two dachshunds). Chatty said with a gasp..."NO! NO!”.
