Rafael Mejía López has been a Colombian Mercantile Exchange board member for more than 10 years and will join after serving as head of the Colombian Agricultural Society.
Latin America still lags other regions, but "a few economies — such as Chile, Colombia, and Mexico — stood out among their peers,” says the Global Innovation Index.
The firm says it will join forces with experienced indigenous partners who have long been using coca leaves for centuries to deal with all sorts of ailments.
Colombia will soon introduce a redesigned 50,000-peso bill that features a Gabriel García Márquez and members of the indigenous community in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.