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Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced the winning cities and countries selected to participate in a new phase of the foundation’s Global Road Safety Initiative, which aims to reduce fatalities and injuries from road traffic crashes. With a new commitment of $12...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched the 2015 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...

Vipa, Colombia’s primary mortgage interest rate subsidy program, its initials in Spanish standing for Vivienda de Interest Prioritario para Ahorradores, will continue promoting homeownership in 2015 by offering interest rate subsidies on home loans for families earning up to...

President Juan Manuel Santos announced Wednesday plans to expand the El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, which seeks to increase the current capacity of 50 operations per hour and 27 million passengers per year, to 90 operations per hour and approximately 40 million...

The bonds, due in 2045, have a 5% coupon, the lowest rate that Colombia has achieved to date. The Ministry of Housing and Public Credit, Minhacienda, completed a successful bond offering today of $1.5 Billion (US), though there was $5 billion worth of demand from 244...

The ratings firm Fitch reaffirmed its opinion on Medellin’s creditworthiness in a release issued today. Edited excerpts follow: According to Fitch, the rating actions are the result of the city’s relevant role in the Colombian economy; sound, albeit declining,...

The Colombian economy has done remarkably well over the last decade, consistently ranking among the fastest-growing countries in Latin America, but a comprehensive tax reform that promotes investment and diversifies the economy is now needed to put the country on a path toward...

According to the Fiscalia General (Federal Prosecutor’s Office) on December 12, 2014, Prosecutor, Pedro David Berdugo Salcedo; CTI investigator, Harold Mauricio Sánchez Hernández, and accountant Over José Ospino González were conferred the Enrique Low Murtra medal in...

Today, at an event in Bogotá, Colombia, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and President Juan Manuel Santos announced the availability of Facebook’s Internet.org app for Tigo customers in Colombia. Zuckerberg hosted a live question & answer session ...