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New Colciencias director César Ocampo worked with NASA after earning his doctorate in astrodynamics at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

"Colombia clearly has a strong grasp on the policy framework needed to enable affordable internet for its population,” says the Alliance for Affordable Internet.

"This is a creation and meeting laboratory," says Camilo Cantor about Medellín's new Exploratorio makerspace.

"It is the largest investment in the history of Bogotá," said President Santos.

Both will receive a cash prize and technical support to help implement their winning ideas.

“Having Huawei right here in Medellin is not just something that happens every day. On the contrary, it is a vote of confidence in the city.”

After a series of fits and stops that threatened to derail a historic year, Colombia may finally be peace.

"Looking at the kinds of disasters in Colombia, I think systems like ours make a lot of sense," says Anand Anupam of Unified Messaging Systems.

"This agreement — renewed, adjusted, specified, and clarified — must unite us, not divide us," said President Juan Manuel Santos.

Giha replaces Gina Parody, who resigned last month after Colombians voted to reject the Santos administration's peace accord with FARC.