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Colombia Ranks 37th in World Bank's Doing Business 2010 Report

- Colombia’s economy was ranked 37th among 183 economies, by the World Bank's Doing Business 2010 report – climbing 12 positions from last year’s ranking.

- For the third year in a row, the report included Colombia in the list of the top 10 reformer countries.

- In addition, Colombia ranked first among Latin American countries in the “ease of doing business” category, an improvement over last year’s second place ranking.

To read the Doing Business 2010 Report, please click here.

 

 

 Colombia in Focus

  

No hay razones para que Estados Unidos aún no haya aprobado el TLC con Colombia
Wednesday, 10 March 2010

 “Uno no ve razón para que los Estados Unidos le niegue este Tratado a Colombia”, subrayó el... 
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Canciller dialogó con Secretaria de Estado de EEUU en Costa Rica
Thursday, 04 March 2010

  El Canciller, Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde dialogó con la Secretaria de Estado de Estados... 
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Statement by President Alvaro Uribe regarding the decision of the Honorable Constitutional Court
Tuesday, 02 March 2010

Presidencia. February 26th, 2010. President of the Republic of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe Velez:... 
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2010 World Economic Forum on Latin America in Cartagena, Colombia
Tuesday, 02 March 2010

By World Economic Forum. Over 400 of the most prominent leaders from Latin America and other... 
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Colombia in the News / March 5, 2010

El ministro de Defensa de Colombia, Gabriel Silva, anunció hoy que su país y Estados Unidos ajustarán las estrategias en su lucha contra el narcotráfico y se incrementará el apoyo a las erradicaciones manuales de cultivos ilícitos.
Silva hizo esta declaración a periodistas tras una reunión con el secretario de Estado Adjunto de Estados Unidos para Asuntos Antinarcóticos Internacionales, David Johnson. (...more)

 

Upcomming Events

PEACE BUILDING IN COLOMBIA
A Discussion with Frank Pearl, High Commissioner for Peace, Colombia

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
4:30pm - 6:00pm

The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC

For more information and to rsvp please click here

 

 

 

 

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