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To fight the highest inflation Colombia has seen in 15 years, the nation's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate, up 25 basis points to 7.5%, for the tenth consecutive month.

At least 11 Colombian delegates will join tech entrepreneurs across the world this week at the prestigious Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Silicon Valley. The three-day Palo Alto event, which is in its seventh year after launching in Washington, D.C., in 2010, gathers more than...

Copa has renewed its codeshare agreement and general alliance with United for five years.

Graña y Montero will add 3,000 classrooms to 14 cities in the country over three years as a part of the government's push for more investment in education.

"If the war continues we'll have to raise taxes to finance it," said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.

More than $4.6 billion USD in remittances entered Colombia last year — a 13.3% spike over 2014 and the second largest increase in Latin America.

Flight traffic is up almost across the board at Colombia's 10 largest airports compared to 2015, and there has been a huge spike among travelers heading to the Caribbean.

"We will go back to the state of war” if the peace deal doesn't pass the popular vote, said Santos during the first day of a World Economic Forum event in Medellín.

An open call for proposals is underway until July 5, and the best of the best will be selected to head to Buenos Aires in November to compete for various rewards.

Colbitex launched in this beta form, using valueless currency, on June 3 and plans to go live officially in July.