Colombia swapped US$1.10 billion in domestic debt, exchanging bonds due in 2006 with instruments due in 2008 and in 2009.

COLOMBIA Colombia (kəlŭm`bēə, Span. kōlōm`byä), officially Republic of Colombia, republic (2005 est. pop. 42,954,000), 439,735 sq mi (1,138,914 sq km), NW South America. Bogotá is the capital and largest city. swapped US$1.10 billion in domestic debt, exchanging bonds due in 2006 with instruments due in 2008 and in 2009. The government swapped other bonds due through 2012 with debt due through 2015.

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Title Annotation:	PANORAMA
Publication:	Latin Trade
Date:	Feb 1, 2006
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