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As part of its planned expansion. Rionegro Colombia based air carrier Viva Air is adding two daily flights between Barranquilla (BAQ) and Bogotá (BOG), and one daily flight between Medellín (MDE) and Barranquilla, starting immediately. “Viva Air is proud to return to Barranquilla...

Toronto based upstream petroleum producer Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) announced today that the company will be added to the Standard & Poor’s TSX Composite Index, effective prior to the open of trading on Monday, June 24, 2019. The Frontera is also being added to...

Austral Re and Terra Brasis Re announced today that they have signed an investment agreement to merge their activities. This union will result in the second-largest Brazilian reinsurer in terms of reinsurance premiums underwritten (R$ 672 million in combined gross premiums...

The 11th edition of F-AIR Colombia 2019, the main military aviation trade event in Colombia and one of the most important in Latin America, is returning and set to take place July 11-14 in Rionegro, Colombia. At this semi-annual event entrepreneurs from the civil and military...

Latin America saw a sharp decrease in both value and volume of initial public offerings (IPO), largely due to continuing economic and political turmoil in the region compounded by a climate of global economic uncertainty. Across the region in the first half of 2019, there were...

Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the Baa2 issuer rating of Interconexion Electrica S.A. E.S.P. (ISA). (OTCQX: IESFY) (BVC: ISA) At the same time, Moody’s revised the outlook to stable from negative. This action follows Moody´s recent rating action on the...

The European Union is sponsoring a project to help small and medium sized businesses in Colombia take full advantage of their rights under Colombian and international intellectual property law. The program is called IP Key, and operates under the auspices of the European Union...

As part of its expansion plan in the region, Viva Air has initiated operations of its new bi-directional international route between Cartagena, Colombia (CTG) and Lima, Peru (LIM) from $195 USD round trip, flying Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. On June 7, Viva Air’s pink-livery...

Many business publications are reporting that Colombian airline Avianca’s board of directors has appointed Aeromexico’s Anko Van Der Werff as the airline’s new CEO. Van Der Werff has been serving for the past 5 years with Aeromexico, most recently as...

On May 27, Hernán Dario Urrea Castaño, mayor of Guatapé, Antioquia ratified an agreement to outlaw the reuse or sales of polystyrene, wax paper, plastic straws, glasses or coffee stirrers. Guatapé is a small town approximately 2 hours outside of Medellín that sits on the shore of...