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After First COVID-19 Tax Holiday Devolves Into Fiasco, Colombian Government Pushes E-Commerce For Next Two, Restricts In-Store Sales

After the first COVID-19 tax holiday was condemned as irresponsible, the Colombian government is restricting electronics & appliance sales during the next two tax holidays taking place in July where shoppers will be exempt from the country's 19% VAT tax.

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Colombia Extends Curfew Until July 15, Some Discretion For Restaurants & Worship Delegated To Mayors

President Ivan Duque announced a further extension to Colombia’s national curfew in response to the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic to July 15 in Decree 878 of June 25, but also modified Decree 847 of June 14, allowing limited pilots of restaurant and church reopenings.

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

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5 Firms To Begin 5G Network Trials In Colombia While 4G Deployment Continues

In July, 5 companies will begin 5G network trials in the Colombian cities of Medellín, Bogotá, Tolú, Barrancabermeja, and Cali. Meanwhile the country announced a strategy to move consumers at least to 4G and dismantle the aged 2G mobile telecommunications network.

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

The above IHME map shows the mean value (across the 1,000 regressions that IHME runs in its SEIR model) of effective reproductive number, R, on June 9. Infections on June 9 roughly correspond to cases of COVID-19 on June 20 given the average duration of 11 days between infection and being reported as a case. Where this value is greater than 1, it means that every person infected with COVID-19 will produce more than one additional infected person. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R needs to be less than 1. The map shows that on June 9 in many parts of the world, R was lower than 1, including many parts of North America, Europe, Africa, India, Australia, and New Zealand. Locations that are showing effective R values greater than 1, which means that the number of cases of COVID-19 in the population is growing, include several states in India, the US, Mexico, and Brazil, as well as many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, such as Argentina, Chile, and Indonesia. Several countries in the Middle East, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as Turkey and Iran, also had R values greater than 1 as recently as two weeks ago.

Up To 81,942 May Die In Colombia From COVID-19 Says University of Washington Institute

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington is forecasting nearly 388,300 people will die from COVID-19 in Latin American and Caribbean nations by October 1. Brazil is expected to exceed 166,000 deaths and Mexico 88,000. Six other...

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

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Colombia Telecomunicaciones’ (Movistar) Credit Ratings Remain Stable

Fitch says Movistar has a diversified service portfolio with a national footprint and improving 4G and fiber broadband networks. Mobile accounts for approximately 60% of revenues in 2019, in line with the regional median.

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

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Colombia UK Bilateral Trade Agreement Passes Out Of Colombian Senate

A bilateral trade agreement between Colombia and the United Kingdom has passed in Colombia’s plenary senate session and now passes to the Andean nation’s lower house for approval.

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Above photo: Tecnoglass products make up the facade of distinctive architecture such as Fordham University (photo courtesy of Tecnoglass)

Tecnoglass Announces Q2 Cash Dividend

Headquartered in Barranquilla, Colombia, the Company operates out of a 2.7 million square foot vertically integrated, state- of-the-art manufacturing complex that provides easy access to the Americas, the Caribbean, and the Pacific.

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Latin American Corporate Defaults Expected To Rise, says Fitch

The number of defaults in 2020 is on pace to exceed that of 2019 with indications there will be more to follow, given 6 group-level defaults YTD compared with 6 in all of 2019, and the high number of ratings at ‘CCC’ or below categories.

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Foreign Investors Still Confident In Colombia, According To Survey by IPAs

The study revealed that 66% of the surveyed businesspeople were optimistic regarding the operations of their companies in Colombia, while 30% feel the same in respect to the performance of the economy in general.

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

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Video (Spanish): How Viva Air Plans To Protect Passengers From COVID-19

Viva Air ha tomado medidas para volar de nuevo, y proteger sus pasajeros y tripulación. Gracias a sus nuevos protocolos de bioseguridad, a la limpieza constante de sus aviones y a los filtros especiales HEPA del aire en las cabinas, el riesgo de contagio de Covid-19 se reduce al...

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss