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Fitch Ratings expects electric demand in Colombia to continue to lag real gross domestic product (GDP) growth albeit with a shrinking gap over the short to medium term. This is due to low industrial electricity consumption as a percentage of total demand. Over the past decade,...

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) announced last week that it has received approval from the Brazilian Securities Commission and the Brazilian Stock Exchange (BM&FBOVESPA – Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros), effective immediately, for the...

Yesterday evening in Bogotá’s Corferias Convention Center, an reception attended by civilian officials, police and military brass from several different countries formally launched the preparatory phase for the 2015 F-Air Colombia International Air Show, to take place from July...

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is launching a new scheduled service to Colombia’s capital, Bogota, and Cali, the country’s third-largest city. Beginning March 31, KLM will fly three times a week operating a Boeing 777-200 on flight KL745. The round trip route will start in Amsterdam,...

Houston, Texas-based Luby’s Fuddruckers Restaurants, LLC has finalized a new development agreement that will extend the fast casual hamburger restaurant group’s base in South America.  A partnership with Grupo Char’s calls for an initial restaurant opening in Bogota,...

MAPFRE, the Spanish based global insurer, has named José Carpio as the new CEO for Colombia, replacing Raul Fernandez Maseda, who is retiring after 20 years with the company. Carpio has been the CEO of MAPFRE in Mexico, and has also held responsibilities with MAPFRE Asistencia in...

HBI (Helm Banca de Inversion) the independent investment bank belonging to Helm Group, has started 2015 as Colombia’s leading investment bank in the discipline of Project Finance. Currently, the investment bank is working on more than 20 large transactions in sectors such as...

Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L), the provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today announced that Raymundo (Ray) Villar has joined the company as Regional Director, Aviation, Latin America. Villar brings 17 years’ worth of business development experience from...

Ecopetrol (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC; TSX: ECP) announced last week that its board of directors appointed Juan Carlos Echeverry as the new CEO of the company, effective April 6, 2015. With extensive knowledge of economics, the ability to lead processes of change, experience in...

Avianca will inaugurate its nonstop Bogotá-Los Angeles-Bogotá flight on July 1st, giving travelers access to over 2,000 seats per week, along with available seats through three daily flights from San Salvador to the movie capital. According to Avianca CEO, Fabio Villegas Ramírez,...