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In order to promote the development of African Descendent communities and strengthen ties between both countries, the Ministry of Education of Colombia and the Department of Education of the United States signed a memorandum of understanding on academic cooperation in higher...

To further assist U.S. citizens in Colombia, the U.S. Citizen Services section will be visiting Medellín on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. Embassy officials will accept passport applications (Renewals and replacements) or obtain information on how to participate in the upcoming 2020...

A joint effort by US and Colombian authorities have captured 9 people in Colombia, including Colombians and a US citizen, and 1 person in New York, charged with running a human trafficking, child prostitution and pornography operation across international borders. Multiple...

Sunday’s local and gubernatorial elections in Colombia saw stunning defeats for the Centro Democratico, the political party of both current President Ivan Duque and former president Alvaro Uribe. Far left senator and former revolutionary militant Gustavo Petro also saw his hand...

Latin American securitization structures featuring pro-rata amortization and/or maturity risk may amplify uncertainty in cash flow allocation, resulting in greater dependence on credit protection and structural mechanics, says Fitch Ratings. Ratings for these structures are more...

Colombian state-controlled petroleum giant Ecopetrol (NYSE: EC, BVC: ECO) has taken delivery of French-made submarine drones to help the company in its Caribbean petroleum exploration efforts. The drones are equipped with sophisticated chemical and physical sensors to allow it to...

In the first half of 2019, Colombia’s avocado exports are up 37.6% compared to the same period in 2018, according to ProColombia, Colombia’s export promotion agency, and DANE, the national statistics agency. This in contrast to a global increase in consumption of 3% according to...

According to statistics from Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism (MinCIT), the country continues to see growth in the medical tourism sector, which includes both medically necessary and elective procedures. According to ministry data, perhaps 50,000 foreign...

A new study published in medical journal BMC Nutrition by researchers from Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá, Colombia and Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami, Florida has found that half of Colombian children under 5 years old suffer from deficiencies in zinc, a metal and...

The Colombian Government has just issued a resolution making it legal to harvest shark fins from several Shark species. Notably, the resolution specified harvest quotas of “shark fins’ apart from the shark in its entirety.