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A joint effort by US and Colombian authorities have captured 9 people in Colombia, including Colombians and a US citizen, and 1 person in New York, charged with running a human trafficking, child prostitution and pornography operation across international borders. Multiple...

Chevron Petroleum (NASDAQ: CVX), in conjunction with Colombia’s Green Heart Foundation (Fundación Corazón Verde), local construction company Constructora Capitál and the U.S. Embassy donated this week a new home in the Medellín suburb of Sabaneta to the widow and child of fallen...

This morning in a New York court, a judge issued summary judgement affirming Kingsland Holding’s control of Avianca, after industrialist Germán Efromovich defaulted on loan payments to United Airlines collateralized by Efromovich’s stake in Avianca Holdings (NYSE:...

Global law firm Baker McKenzie has added Carolina Duque to its Colombia Banking and Finance practice. Duque is a local partner specializing in local and international project finance. Duque’s addition is expected to complement the firm’s growth strategy defined by the partners....

Stormy skies are not clearing anytime soon for Avianca, it seems. Avianca Holdings S.A. (NYSE: AVH) (BVC:PFAVH) announced in a new filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it may have violated the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA.  Apparently, the...

Colombia’s attorney general, Fabio Espitia Garzón, received a delegation of prosecutors from The United Sates led by Zachary Terwilliger, Prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia. The purpose of the visit was to strengthen cooperation in the fight against organized...

According to printed reports in airline industry publications and El Tiempo, outgoing US Ambassador Kevin Whittaker announced that before the end of next year, Bogotá’s El Dorado International Airport will have a US Immigration Pre-Clearance Facility. Such facilities are...

Colombia’s Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio, or Superintendence of Industry & Commerce, akin to the US Federal Trade Commission, has announced a punitive fine on Uber Colombia SAS, Uber’s Colombia subsidiary, after Uber officials and lawyers allegedly blocked access...

Colombia’s former intelligence chief, Laude José Fernández Arroyo has been detained and is currently under house arrest; having been charged with illegally wiretapping ACDAC, the pilot’s union that had been involved in a bitter strike with Avianca during 2017. Fernández headed...

Earlier this month, ride hailing firm Uber’s offices in the Plaza Claro commercial center in Bogotá was ordered closed and sealed by authorities. Though Uber’s legality in Colombia is controversial and fiercely opposed by taxi syndicates, the closure seemed to have a curious...