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Colombia's petroleum industry group projects investment in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) for 2021 between $3.1 and $3.45 billion USD, 51% higher than that of 2020.

While the homicide rate in Colombia fell again in 2020, the nation struggled to confront a number of other security threats. The 12,018 homicides recorded across the country last year marked a murder rate of 24.3 per 100,000 people, down just over six percent from the total...

Behamin Sebastián Benedikt Weber, Auer Hans Werner Schmitz, Lucasz Tomasz Banas and Daniel Alejandro Calacaño Sánchez were caught with 9 tarantulas and 1 egg. One of the German suspects presented an authorization by a German museum, but foreign museums have no authority to...

Former CEO William Shaw allegedly said “When Interjet arrived to the hospital, this patient was already dead…Nothing can save it and I’m going. I am going to the airline I am creating in Africa, or I am going to the airline that I am creating in The Dominican Republic.”

Israel Salí Brami was wanted by Israeli authorities for belonging to a narcotics trafficking network along with criminals Golan Ben Baruch and Assi Moosh, both expelled by Migración Colombia in 2018 and 2017, respectively.

he fact that Ecopetrol has gone public with its intentions indicates the near certainty that a deal has been agreed upon in advance within Colombia’s government. It also reveals an intention of the Colombian government to raise cash without further direct indebtedness, by selling...

The CDC announced an order requiring all air passengers arriving to the US from a foreign country to get tested no more than 3 days before their flight departs and to present the negative result or documentation of having recovered from COVID-19 to the airline before boarding the...

On the company website, it lists 5 projects under development in Colombia, plus one each in El Salvador and Jamaica, and says all projects will start construction in the second half of this year, and begin energy production at the end of 2022.

Latin America could continue to benefit from re-shoring as the U.S. seeks to reduce its businesses reliance on Chinese suppliers. China’s own economic recovery will be a significant determinant of commodity prices.

PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSMT) Net Merchandise Sales grew 2.8%, after negative 3.1% FX impact. Comparable Net Merchandise Sales decreased 1.7%, after 2.9% negative FX impact. E-Commerce Penetration was 2.8% of Total Net Merchandise Sales