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Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) last week in Bogotá launched a major initiative to support residents of Colombia’s La Guajira department on the country’s Atlantic Coast. The global petroleum giant collaborated with the local Catholic Diocese of Riohacha and many Colombian delivery...

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...

Fedex (NYSE: FDX), previously known as Federal Express, has been present in Colombia for 25 years, but has not been seen as the dominant player that it is in other markets. Fedex would like to convince us that a change is coming. A delegation of top executives has been in...

Catalina Restrepo has spent just a year and a half at the helm of ACI Medellín, the city’s investment promotion agency. Still, in that time she has been able to leaver her mark and create a legacy. As the current mayoral administration comes to the  close of its four year term,...

The European Union is sponsoring a project to help small and medium sized businesses in Colombia take full advantage of their rights under Colombian and international intellectual property law. The program is called IP Key, and operates under the auspices of the European Union...

Digital Americas Pipeline Initiative, or DAPI is a binational company founded last year with offices in Colombia and the US. The Colombian operation is housed in Medellín’s Ruta-N. The company seeks to train and provide RPA (Robotics Process Automation) and other IT talent to...

Barranquilla Colombia glass manufacturer Tecnoglass (NASDAQ: TGLS) (BVC:TGLSC) has been busy the past year and a half. After posting strong growth numbers in the US, its major export market, the company purchased a large stake in Saint Gobain’s Colombia glass manufacturing...

As the economy matures and the country becomes more globalized, many Colombians are looking abroad for the sake of diversifying investments, lifestyles, and simply to become more global citizens.

"In the 1950s, customers going to a retail store had to wear a suit," says owner Hernando Castro. "People in the city used to dress up most of the time. But we get by. There are still people who have a good taste for clothes."

There were around 1.1 million people of Colombian origin living in the United States as of 2013, according to estimates from the Pew Research Center. While Florida, and mainly Miami, is home to the largest number, nearly one-third of the total live in the Northeast, primarily in...