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Based on a private report released in November 2014 by the global research firm Everest Group, Cali, Colombia does not necessarily receive the attention it deserves as an ideal global services delivery destination. More famous for its world class salsa scene, its “La Sexta” party...

Global consultancy & analyst firm Everest Group recently released their 2014 Market Vista and 2014 Year In Review, in which they discuss global shared services and outsourcing trends. Latin America is growing as a destination for these services, and Colombia seems to be...

Considered by some to be the premier motorcycle industry event in Colombia; the ninth edition of the Fair of Two Wheels Colombia is bringing an extensive business agenda and many great attractions for industry professionals and motorcycle enthusiasts. This year the fair will open...

Cencosud S.A. (BCS: CENCOSUD; NYSE: CNCO), the Chile-based  retailer with presence in five countries, including Colombia, announced Friday its consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and year-end of 2014. All figures are in Chilean pesos (CLP), except where...

Last week, PRAXIS, a global technology provider headquartered in Mexico, launched PraxFinancial a new tool directed to brokerage firms who want to offer their customers a tool that allows them to invest in the securities market in a simple, quick and novel way and, at the same...

Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC; TSX: ECP) announced yesterday that the General Shareholders’ Meeting, held March 26th, 2015, approved an ordinary dividend of 133 Colombian pesos (COP$133) per share. The General Shareholders’ Meeting approved a lump sum...

Fitch Ratings has issued the following statement this morning regarding the credit outlook of Avianca Holdings. Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings of Avianca Holdings S.A.’s (Avianca Holdings) and its subsidiaries as follows: Avianca Holdings S.A. (Avianca Holdings)...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced in Korea today the winners of the fifth annual beyondBanking awards, which recognize best projects and initiatives in the region contributing to the creation of a more sustainable financial sector. The awards were given in a...

This year’s guest nation at Colombia’s “Féria Internacionál del Libro” will be Macondo, the fictional country imagined by the late “Gabo,” Gabriel Garcia Márquez, the Colombian author who was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. A 3,000 square-meter pavilion honoring the...

Consistent with Fitch Ratings’ belief that a major acquisition by Empresa de Energia de Bogota S.A. E.S.P.’s (EEB) is unlikely in the near to medium term, the company publicly declared it will not be participating in the republic of Colombia’s attempted sale of...