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A new risk assessment revealed that the perceived threat presented by a pest called the pink hibiscus mealybug was unfounded.

S&P made no changes but suggested it could downgrade Colombia's sovereign rating if the country's fiscal debt burden does not improve within the next 18 months.

"This is a creation and meeting laboratory," says Camilo Cantor about Medellín's new Exploratorio makerspace.

Prosecutors have claimed that former senator Otto Bula took a $4.6 million USD bribe to ensure Odebrecht won a bid to build a section of the Ruta del Sol highway.

The company says it will ship some 500,000 tonnes of metallurgical coal from Colombia to China in 2017.

The IMF lowered its 2017 projections for Brazil by 0.3% and Mexico by 0.6%.

TomTom says its service can help Colombian drivers navigate better by "taking into account the dynamically changing situation on the road."

Garcia was involved in awarding a large road project contract while serving under former President Álvaro Uribe.

Though the increase was welcomed by the government, the 126.7 trillion pesos collected came in below the target of 130.1 trillion pesos.

Crediestudiantil loan terms have a fixed monthly interest rate of 1.7%.