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Medellín based SURA Asset Management and Peru’s Credicorp Capital  have announced a strategic alliance creating a new fund in order to invest  $1.3 billion COP (approximately $400 million USD) in Colombia’s “fourth generation” (4G) roadway infrastructure projects. The...

According to an OECD report, Colombia has significantly improved its health system over the past 20 years, leading to a rise in life expectancy and a fall in infant mortality. Infant mortality has fallen from 40 deaths per 1 000 live births in 1970 to 12.8 and life expectancy at...

São Paulo based Stefanini, a $1B global provider of IT outsourcing, applications management and consulting, and strategic staffing services, has announced that it has acquired Paipa, Boyacá based Government ERP provider Sysman SAS, which will change its name to Stefanini Sysman...

Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM), the municipally owned multinational utility company based in Medellín, Antioquia was announced the winner of the Lighthouse Innovation Awards 2015 prize, for setting itself apart as a visionary and leader in applying modern technologies to...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched the 2016 Call for Proposals of the Initiative for the Promotion of Regional Public Goods in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which supports projects aimed at resolving shared challenges and seizing opportunities for...

Macrorrueda 60, the Colombian Business Matchmaking Forum, sponsored by ProColombia will take place March 17-18, 2016 at the Corferias conference center in Bogotá. The event aims to introduce 2,000 Colombian suppliers with more than 1000 international buyers. During this 2-day...

Ambassador of the United States Kevin Whitaker received at his residence last Friday morning several members from Colombia’s private sector to celebrate the success of the  100,000 Strong in the Americas (La Fuerza de 100,000 en las Americas) higher education initiative in...

Michael R. Bloomberg today launched Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2016 Mayors Challenge, a competition to inspire Latin American and Caribbean cities to develop bold new ideas that solve major problems and improve city life – and that ultimately can be shared with other cities. The...

The City of Bogotá controlled telecommunications company, Empresas Telefonicas de Bogotá (ETB) (BVC:ETB) has seated a newly formed board of directors that, in their first meeting, elected Jorge Castellanos Rueda (above) as the new president. In Colombia, it is common for...

Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. (TSX:BEP.UN)(NYSE:BEP) has committed to acquire 57.6% of the outstanding common shares of Medellín based Isagen S.A. (BVC:ISAGEN) from the Colombian government. In an auction held at 8am today that had only Brookfield as a bidder, the...