By

During a trip to the border town of Cucutá this week, Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, announced that the United States will provide an additional $9 million USD in humanitarian aid for Venezuelans in Colombia. The money will go toward funding critical needs...

Compared to June, the consumer price index fell by 0.13% — significantly below the consensus forecast.

While the peace process and divisive politics in Bogotá will be thornier issues, Duque's management of the fiscal deficit will prove tricky even amid rising GDP growth rates.

Rising oil prices were the biggest factor. The extractive industry exported $11.8 billion USD — nearly 60% of the nation's export value in the past six months.

This figure represents an 11% uptick in the number of new entrants to the system compared to the 999,000 people who secured financial products for the first time in 2016.

The bond aims to attract international finance to the region and "meet the growing demand of clients in local currencies," said IDB Invest.

Avianca say the problem involved the failure of a communications system with crew members who did not show up for scheduled flights.

The bank says that "the elevated metro can help save up to $61 million USD in investments per kilometer and its operation will cost 28% less than an underground system."

"Colombia is a key part of our strategy to invest more across the region,” said Ryan Brennan, vice president of OPIC.

Haley will be joined by the U.S. ambassador to Colombia, Kevin Whitaker, and Kirsten Madison, a high-level drug enforcement official.