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Sunday’s local and gubernatorial elections in Colombia saw stunning defeats for the Centro Democratico, the political party of both current President Ivan Duque and former president Alvaro Uribe. Far left senator and former revolutionary militant Gustavo Petro also saw his hand...

US Marines Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force under the US Military Southern Command and Colombia’s Infantería de Marina de Colombia begin a week of Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief (HA/DR) rehearsals and Subject Matter Expert Exchanges (SMEEs), in Coveñas,...

Colombia’s popular tourist town of Guatapé, Antioquia, roughly 2 hours outside of Medellín, has opened a new Malecón, or waterfront parkway, modernizing and increasing public space by more than 19,000 square meters. The public work was realized by joint efforts of the Guatapé...

Colombia’s Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (Hacienda) announced that by November, Colombia will restructure its ownership of almost two dozen government-owned companies into a single entity with an expected value of $80 billion USD. The holding company would be comprised of...

Representatives of Colombia and Japan have agreed to establish a permanent working group to advance common interests in trade, investment, and cooperation in the “Orange economy.” The effort was agreed upon during a meeting between Colombian vice minister of trade Laura...

The 5th annual Colombian Investment Summit is being held October 29 & 30 in the Grand Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Bogota. Sponsored by Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism along with Colombia’s investment promotion agency ProColombia, the event has...

Colombia will advance in the modernization of public management through the implementation of an innovative Government Center (Smart Delivery Unit) that will incorporate cutting-edge technologies to support evidence-based decision-making processes with a $15 million loan approved...

Leopoldo Albuquerque is on a mission to make the cities in Latin America smarter. Though you might think of technology first, Dr. Albuquerque is talking about smarter ways of governing and managing public and shared resources. The founder and Global President of Smart City...

United States Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort is in Santa Marta, Colombia this week giving free medical care to local Colombian patients, including several complex surgeries on the hospital ship, along with primary medical care in Santa Marta’s Coliseo Mayor Polideportivo...

According to printed reports in airline industry publications and El Tiempo, outgoing US Ambassador Kevin Whittaker announced that before the end of next year, Bogotá’s El Dorado International Airport will have a US Immigration Pre-Clearance Facility. Such facilities are...