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A post-Brexit trade deal between Colombia and the United Kingdom was approved by Colombia’s congress in its first debate. The bill seeks to maintain trade integration, market access and commercial relationship between the two Atlantic countries.

Dr., Mabel Gisela Torres announced an allocation of over $64 million USD to biology laboratories in 27 Colombian departments for upgrades, training, and other enhancements to facilitate research and fight disease.

ProColombia announced new investments from 21 countries totalling $1.477 billion USD generating 17,000 new jobs.

A joint venture between JCDecaux and Caracol Television has won a contract for bus stop advertising & information in Bogotá for the next 15 years.

Of the total corn subsidies paid by the US government, 68.7% went towards the production of ethanol, amounting to $0.06646 USD per kilogram subsidy.

In a national embarrassment, the Colombian Navy lost control of 3 unattended, fully armed Boston Whaler gunboats that then drifted into possession of the Venezuelan Military

Last night, Colombia’s President Ivan Duque announced that Colombia’s travel ban & national stay-in-place order would be extended at least until May 25 to continue combating the spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic. Still, the president announced some lifting of...

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on Friday a successor two-year arrangement for Colombia under the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) in an amount equivalent to SDR 7.8496 billion, or approximately $10.8 billion USD and noted the cancellation by...

Colombia has completed the 8-year accession process, now making it a full member of the OECD: The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development based in Paris.

Yesterday, in his daily address held since the national curfew imposed in Colombia to fight the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic, President Iván Duque explained the new protocols that must be followed by manufacturing and construction companies that wish to take advantage of the...