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The Florence-based pharmaceutical firm formally inaugurated its new office in Bogotá on March 9 at the Italian Embassy.

Fitch noted Colombia improving macroeconomic imbalances, current account deficit reduction, and falling inflation rate.

"I am deeply sorry and ask forgiveness from Colombians for this shameful act," said President Santos.

"The priority is that neither users nor companies suffer due to the energy supply," said President Santos.

CEO Juan Carlos Echeverry says "2016 was a year of enormous challenges for Ecopetrol," but he believes increased investment in 2017 will improve results in the coming years.

"Signs for an improvement in credit metrics are slowly emerging for corporates across Latin America following a tough year during 2016," said Jay Djemal of Fitch Ratings.

Of the four Latin American organizations selected to help advance the fight against cancer in women, two were from Colombia.

"Both wells confirm the potential of this hydrocarbon province, located in the southern Colombian Caribbean," said Ecopetrol.

New Colciencias director César Ocampo worked with NASA after earning his doctorate in astrodynamics at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Aerocivil is investigating how a suitcase containing cocaine — that the passenger says did not belong to him — came to be found on an Interjet aircraft.