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Aerocivil, the Colombian Civil Aeronautics Special Administrative Unit (UAEAC) has awarded Rohde & Schwarz a contract to modernize the country’s civilian air traffic control (ATC) system over the coming months with a target completion date of February 2016. The...

The city of Bogota has launched a new version of its specialized application for foreign investors seeking business opportunities in the city’s priority sectors: services sector (IT services, BPO and shared services, creative industries, business services and consulting,...

SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden – The Colombian Atlantic Coast city of Cartagena has selected Scania  (STO:SCVA) (STO:SCVB) as the exclusive provider for two trunk lines for the city’s brand new Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system, called Transcaribe. Scania will provide 147 Euro 6 emissions...

Medellín has come a long way from its notorious and rapidly receeding past decades. What is the secret to their success in turning around their urban society, shedding old manacles and gaining a reputation as one of the world’s most innovative cities? Finance Colombia recently...

Bogotá is not only the capital of Colombia, it is the fourth largest Latin American city with a population approaching that of New York, a city that can be reached from Bogotá via any of several daily nonstop 5-hour flights, or from any of 34 other international nonstop...

Bogotá’s Knightsbridge School, a part of Knightsbridge Schools International (KSI) has recently received its International Baccalaureate (IB) designation, allowing the school to offer this internationally recognized high-school (secondary, pre-university education) diploma...

Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas on Monday confirmed the commitment of the national government to finance 70% of the construction of Bogotá’s first subway line. “We reiterate our commitment to the construction of the Metro in the capital of the country, which will...

Colombia’s transformational 4G highway overhaul project creates business opportunities for local banks, but with those opportunities come funding challenges, says Fitch Ratings. The most significant challenge for 4G is attracting a broad range of international financing....

After working together for more than a year to negotiate a memorandum of understanding (MOU), The investment promotion agencies of Jamaica and Colombia, JAMPRO and ProColombia, respectively, have reached an agreement to promote trade and foreign direct investment between the two...

In order to improve the quality of life of the inhabitants of Malambo, Atlantico on Colombia’s north coast, and promote the development of the municipality, Medellín based utility EPM has opened the El Tesoro water treatment plant. In addition, during the event commemorating the...