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Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated May 14, 2025

This privacy notice for Unido Digital Media LLC (doing business as Empleo Bilingue, Finance Colombia, Cognitive Business News, Finance Americas, and other properties) (“we,” “us,” or “our“), describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share (“process“) your information when you use our services (“Services“), such as when you:

  • Visit any website of ours that links to this privacy notice
  • Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events

Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected].

SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS

What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with our websites and the services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.

Do we process any sensitive personal information? We do not process sensitive personal information beyond what may normally be included on a resumé or social media profile.

Do we receive any information from third parties? Generally, no. But if you are a potential purchaser of our services or our products, we may utilize business-to-business data enrichment platforms, for example to prepare for scheduled sales meetings to learn about your company or organization. These may include platforms such as LinkedIn, ZoomInfo, web searches, etc.

How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.

In what situations and with which types of parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific categories of third parties.

How do we keep your information safe? We have organizational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.

How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by visiting one of our several contact forms, such as the contact form on this website, via social media, such as LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/company/unido-digital/ or by contacting us. There are telephony links for Whatsapp on our websites. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

 

  1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information you disclose to us.

In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.

Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

  • names
  • phone numbers
  • email addresses
  • mailing addresses
  • job titles
  • usernames
  • passwords
  • contact preferences
  • contact or authentication data

Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information.

Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number, and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is stored by Stripe and PayPal. You may find their privacy notice link(s) here: https://stripe.com/privacy and https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full.

Social Media Login Data. We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, like your Facebook, Twitter, or other social media account.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information automatically collected

In Short: Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

 

Like many businesses, we also collect information through cookies and similar technologies.

The information we collect includes:

  • Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type, and settings and information about your activity in the Services(such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage, pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which features you use), device event information (such as system activity, error reports (sometimes called “crash dumps”), and hardware settings).
  • Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services. Depending on the device used, this device data may include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.
  • Location Data. We collect location data such as information about your device’s location, which can be either precise or imprecise. The information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Services. You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by disabling your Location setting on your device. However, if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.
  1. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

  • To create, manage and authenticate accounts: We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order.
  • To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.
  • To respond to user inquiries and offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.
  • To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.
  • To request feedback. We may process your information when necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.
  • To protect our Services. We may process your information as part of our efforts to keep our Services safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
  • To evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience. We may process your information in order to identify usage trends, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience.
  • To identify usage trends. We may process information about how you use our Services to better understand how they are being used so we can improve them.
  • To comply with our legal obligations. We may process your information to comply with our legal obligations, respond to legal requests, and exercise, establish, or defend our legal rights.
  1. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following categories of third parties.

Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. We have contracts in place with our third parties, which are designed to help safeguard your personal information. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do it. They will also not share your personal information with any organization apart from us. They also commit to protect the data they hold on our behalf and to retain it for the period we instruct. The categories of third parties we may share personal information with are as follows:

  • Payment Processors
  • User Account Registration & Authentication Services

We also may need to share your personal information in the following situations:

  • Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
  • We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this privacy notice. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
  • Business Partners. We may share your information with our business partners to offer you certain products, services, or promotions.

 

  1. WHAT IS OUR STANCE ON THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES?

In Short: We are not responsible for the safety of any information that you share with third parties that we may link to or who advertise on our Services, but are not affiliated with, our Services.

The Services may link to third-party websites, online services, or mobile applications and/or contain advertisements from third parties that are not affiliated with us and which may link to other websites, services, or applications. Accordingly, we do not make any guarantee regarding any such third parties, and we will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the use of such third-party websites, services, or applications. The inclusion of a link to a third-party website, service, or application does not imply an endorsement by us. We cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of data you provide to any third parties. Any data collected by third parties is not covered by this privacy notice. We are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of any third parties, including other websites, services, or applications that may be linked to or from the Services. You should review the policies of such third parties and contact them directly to respond to your questions.

  1. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.

  1. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?

In Short: If you choose to register or log in to our Services using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.

Our Services offer you the ability to register and log in using your third-party social media account details (like your Facebook or Twitter logins). Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile information about you from your social media provider. The profile information we receive may vary depending on the social media provider concerned, but will often include your name, email address, friends list, and profile picture, as well as other information you choose to make public on such a social media platform.

We will use the information we receive only for the purposes that are described in this privacy notice or that are otherwise made clear to you on the relevant Services. Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third-party social media provider. We recommend that you review their privacy notice to understand how they collect, use, and share your personal information, and how you can set your privacy preferences on their sites and apps.

  1. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the period of time in which users have an account with us.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

  1. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

 

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.

  1. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS?

In Short: We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18 years of age.

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please contact us at [email protected].

  1. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

We have no presence in Europe, so if you are in Europe or anywhere else in the world, understand that you are using our website under the terms, conditions, laws, and jurisdiction of the United States.

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, or by contacting us. You will then be removed from the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you — for example, to send you service-related messages that are necessary for the administration and use of your account, to respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes.

Account Information

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can log in to your account settings and update your user account.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at [email protected].

  1. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice.

  1. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

  1. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

https://www.linkedin.com/company/unido-digital/

  1. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

You have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit the contact form on this website, use the Whatsapp icon, or via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/unido-digital/

 

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Despite New Board, Management Changes, Fitch Downgrades Avianca Holdings To B- & Negative Ratings Watch

Fitch Ratings has downgraded  Avianca Holding’s  (NYSE: AVH) (BVC: PFAVH),Long-Term Foreign and Local Currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘B-‘ from ‘B’ and its USD $550 million senior unsecured notes to ‘CCC+’/’RR5’ from...
Posted On June 15, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Frontera Energy Elects Directors, Announces Dividend

Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) on May 29 held its annual general and special meeting of shareholders where each of the seven nominees proposed as directors and listed in the Frontera’s management proxy circular dated April 18, 2019 were elected as directors. A total of...
Posted On June 14, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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BPrO: $8.2 Million USD in Deals Done During 2019 Colombia Customer Experience Summit

After the close of last month’s Customer Experience Summit organized by outsourcing industry association BPro (formerly ACDECC), the association announced the signing of trade agreements for approximately USD $8.2 million dollars between buyers and sellers of contact center and...
Posted On June 13, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Guest Contribution: Real Collaboration Between Colombia’s BPrO & Jamaica’s JAMPRO

For the second year in a row I had the opportunity to the Customer Experience Summit in Bogota, Colombia, organized by the Colombian BPO and Call Center Association now called BPro. This year, the 16th Customer Experience Summit also incorporated the 9th Annual Awards for...
Posted On June 13, 2019
, By Nicholas Sutherland
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CDPQ and IFC Acquire 50% of Colombia’s Alianza: Brokerage, Trust & Asset Management

Australis Partners, an independent private equity firm focused on Latin America, in association with Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), a Canadian institutional investor and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, today finalized...
Posted On June 13, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Avianca Sells Regional Airline Subsidiaries in Nicaragua & Costa Rica

Avianca Holdings S.A.,  (NYSE: AVH) (BVC: PFAVH), through its subsidiaries Grupo Taca Holdings Limited and Nicaraguense de Aviacion S.A., closed the sale of its shares in Turboprop Leasing Company Ltd., parent company of the Costa Rican airline Servicios Aéreos Nacionales S.A...
Posted On June 13, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Aerial Combat: United Airlines Ejects Avianca Chairman Efromovich, Replaces Him With Arch-Nemesis Kriete

Last week United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL) moved to remove longtime chairman and controlling shareholder Germán Efromovich from Avianca’s  (NYSE: AVH) (BVC: PFAVH), board of directors. Adding insult to injury, United installed Roberto Kriete as the board’s new chairman. All this...
Posted On May 27, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Interjet Launches New Route Between Medellín & Mexico City, Adding Options For North American Connectivity

Interjet Airlines is beginning service between Mexico and several South America destinations including Medellín, Colombia, Guayaquil, Ecuador and Lima, Peru. These new flights will serve both the business and leisure traveler expanding Interjet’s footprint into South Americ...
Posted On May 26, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Multinational Executive Captured For Spying For & Funding ELN Terrorist Group In Colombia

In “Operation Poena,” conducted jointly between Colombia’s National Police, Argentina’s Federal Police and Interpol, 74 year old Argentine executive Roberto Jorge Rigoni was captured in Campana, Argentina, 90 kilometers outside of Buenos Aires. According...
Posted On May 24, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Clearing Skies: Moody’s Upgrades Colombia Outlook to Stable from Negative

Moody’s Investors Service yesterday changed the outlook on the Government of Colombia to stable from negative. Concurrently, Moody’s has affirmed Colombia’s long-term local and foreign-currency issuer, senior unsecured debt ratings and foreign-currency shelf...
Posted On May 24, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Gathering Clouds: Fitch Ratings Just Revised Colombia’s Credit Rating Outlook To Negative From Stable

Fitch Ratings has announced today that it has affirmed Colombia’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BBB’ and revised the Rating Outlook to Negative from Stable. Colombia’s Negative Outlook reflects risks to fiscal consolidation and...
Posted On May 23, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Finance Colombia To Participate In GFC Media’s Project Finance & Capital Markets Symposium In Miami

Hosted by GFC Media Group, Project Finance & Capital Markets Latin America, exclusively designed for projects in Latin America to be unlocked, and innovative financing solutions in capital markets can be discussed, will be launching on September 4th 2019, at The Four Seasons...
Posted On May 23, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Mitsubishi Electric Threatened By Criminal Group, Employees Called “Military Objectives”

Japanese multinational Mitsubishi Electric (TYO: 6503) has received threats via an anonymous pamphlet that threatens several managers and supervisors of its Bello, Antioquia factory, and accuses several employees as being complicit with the “Pachelly” criminal gang active in the...
Posted On May 22, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Carlos Fiorillo Appointed New Head of Latin America for Fitch Ratings

Today Fitch Ratings announced the appointment of managing director Carlos Fiorillo as head of Latin America, effective immediately. Fiorillo succeeds Peter Shaw, who has retired after 25 years of service at Fitch. Most recently, Fiorillo was the head of Fitch’s Mexico operations,...
Posted On May 22, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Civil & Geotechnical Engineers Invited Landslide & Erosion Mitigation Seminar in Medellín

Next May 28th in Medellín’s Hotel Intercontinental, engineers from around the country are invited to a seminar and workshop on flexible technical solutions for the control and mitigation of geologic and geotechnical risks, led by Geobrugg AG – Warco with support from the...
Posted On May 21, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Liberty Mutual’s Colombia Unit Sells Life Insurance, Occupational Risks Lines To Seguros Bolivar

Liberty Seguros, subsidiary of US based Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, is selling its group, labor and individual life insurance business in Colombia to local insurer Seguros Bolivar. Finalization of the transaction is subject to the approval of Superfinanciera, the Financial...
Posted On May 21, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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March Hotel Occupancy In Colombia Reported Best In 11 Years

José Manuel Restrepo, Colombia’s Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism has announced a hotel occupancy rate for March of this year of 58.44% reached by hotel occupancy in March, according to figures released by DANE, Colombia’s national statistics agency. For Restrepo, this...
Posted On May 21, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Fitch Ratings Ratifies Colombian Power Generator Isagen At AAA and F1+ & BBB International Rating

Fitch Ratings ratified the BBB international rating and the AAA and F1 + national long and short-term ratings, respectively, of ISAGEN S.A. E.S.P., all with stable perspective. Likewise, it affirmed the AAA rating of local bond issuances of ISAGEN, and the AAA and F1 + the long...
Posted On May 20, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Royal Road Minerals Lines Up Equity Financing To Purchase AngloGold Ashanti Colombia Assets

Toronto, Ontario based Royal Road Minerals Limited (TSXV:RYR) has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Canadian investment advisors Pollitt & Co. Inc. as its agent in connection with a proposed private placement offering of up to 40 million ordinary shares of...
Posted On May 20, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Colombia’s House of Representatives Approves Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Studies

Colombia’s house of representatives approved as part of its National Development Plan last week, authorization for the Ministry of Mines & Energy to study the possibility of introducing Hydraulic Fracturing, nicknamed “Fracking,” in Colombia. The unconventional petroleum and...
Posted On May 20, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Colombian Unicorn: Rappi Raises Mammoth $1 Billion Investment From SoftBank Group

Bogotá based Rappi, an on-demand delivery startup operating in Latin America, has announced an investment of up to $1 billion USD from Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group Corp and SoftBank Vision Fund. The investment marks the largest technology financing to date in a Latin...
Posted On May 20, 2019
, By Loren Moss
Viva Air Airbus A320 at Medellín's José Maria Córdova International Airport MDE (Photo credit Loren Moss)
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Cartesian Capital Group To Make $50 Million USD Investment in Viva Air

The Viva Air Group and Cartesian Capital Group have announced Cartesian’s capital investment of $50 million to contribute to the growth and internationalization of the airline in Colombia, Peru and more destinations. “The fact that a private global capital firm such as...
Posted On May 19, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Gran Colombia Gold Reports Record Quarterly Gold Production For Q1 2019

Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM; OTCQX: TPRFF) announced Thursday its first quarter 2019 results up to March 31, 2019, highlighting record breaking gold production and low production costs. In a written statement, the gold miner operating Marmato and Segovia gold mines in...
Posted On May 19, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Continental Finds Even More Gold In New Discovery At Its Buriticá Mine

Continental Gold Inc. (TSX:CNL; OTCQX:CGOOF) yesterday announced high-grade assay results from the initial 12 holes drilled into BMZ4, a new discovery located in the eastern-most part of the Yaraguá system at its 100%-owned Buriticá project in Antioquia, Colombia. Continental...
Posted On May 16, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Chevron Texaco Gets Regulatory Go-Ahead To Complete Purchase Of Primax Interest In Fuel Terminals In Colombia

Chevron Petroleum has received a green light from Colombia’s Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio) to purchase Peru-based Primax’s interest in their jointly owned petroleum terminals in the Cali suburb of Yumbo, and the Pacific port...
Posted On May 15, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Is Avianca In Trouble? Standard & Poor’s Downgrades Avianca Holding’s Credit Rating to CCC+ & LifeMiles down to B

According to Standard & Poor’s, Avianca Holding’s plans to refinance its $550 million (USD) senior unsecured notes has taken longer than expected, given several reasons. These include delays to clear certain contractual proceedings with Avianca’s shareholders...
Posted On May 14, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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ZFB Group Opens Multitenant BPO Oriented Facility In Cali

Cali has become a strategic point for investment in Colombia’s services sector, earning the moniker “hometown of Corporations”, with more than 150 domiciled in the Valle de Cauca region, servicing national and international markets. The region has 4.7 million inhabitants and it...
Posted On May 14, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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New Research On Mature Oilfield Recovery Released

ARPEL recently launched the white paper “Systemic Approach to Improve Recovery Factors of Oil Resources,” which aims to share with various stakeholders options to improve the recovery factors of mature oil reservoirs in a systemic way. In particular, an evaluation was...
Posted On May 14, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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WEF, Colombian Government Announce Low-Carbon Investment Fund, Anti-Deforestation Commitment

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Tropical Forest Alliance annual meeting just concluded in Bogotá, Colombia, and the WEF has announced a number of commitments that will contribute to the Alliance’s goal of protecting the world’s tropical rainforests. The meeting took place the...
Posted On May 13, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Royal Road Minerals Appoints Social/Environmental Expert Liz Wall To Board of Directors

Toronto based Royal Road Minerals Limited (TSXV:RYR) has announced the appointment of  social development and environmental specialist, Liz Wall to the Board of Directors. According to Royal Road, Wall has over twenty years of global experience assessing and addressing social and...
Posted On May 13, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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1 Dead at Gran Colombia Gold’s Segovia Mine

Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM; OTCQX: TPRFF) reported today, expressing regrets that a miner has succumbed to injuries suffered in an accident at its Segovia Operations last Thursday when a cable on an elevator transporting 20 miners from level 8 to level 12 in the...
Posted On May 13, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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New Speakers Announced For Digital Transformation Andes 2019

With just over a month to go, the Digital Transformation Andes Summit, held at the Habitel Hotel & Convention Center in Bogotá near the El Dorado International Airport has announced exciting new speakers relevant to executives charged with making key strategy and IT decisions...
Posted On May 12, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Colombia’s 13th Feria de las 2 Ruedas Motorcycle Industry Event Breaks All Previous Records

“Like everything a success”, said event organizer Guillermo Pajón. Colombiá’s Feria de las 2 Ruedas motorcycle industry event offered something for everyone: Industry businesspeople, importers, exporters from around the world, and on the last two days of the expo,...
Posted On May 12, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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EPM Orders Emergency Evacuation Of Troubled Ituango Hydroelectric Dam Due To Water Seepage

Medellín based utility company EPM (Epresas Públicas de Medellín) announced that over the weekend it announced an evacuation of 105 workers on the Ituango Hydroelectric Dam, hours north of Medellín. The evacuation was due to water leakage around the inlet from the reservoir to...
Posted On May 12, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Tecnoglass Reports Record 8th Consecutive Revenue Quarter, 23% Increase to $107.2 million USD For Q1 2019

Tecnoglass, Inc. (NASDAQ: TGLS) Colombia’s leading manufacturer of architectural glass, windows, and associated aluminum products for the global commercial and residential construction industries, Thursday reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019....
Posted On May 12, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Frontera Energy Output in Colombia up 4%

Petroleum producer Frontera Energy (TSX:FEC)has announced an increase in production to 65,560 barrels of oil per day , equivalent in the first quarter of 2019, up 4% from the same quarter last year. The Canada based company with operations in Colombia attributes the increase to...
Posted On May 12, 2019
, By Loren Moss
Juan Carlos Mendoza - photo courtesy of Superfinanciera de COlombia
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Superfinanciera Appoints Economist Juan Carlos Mendoza as Delegate for Supervision of Market Risk & Liquidity

Colombia’s financial superintendent Jorge Castaño Gutiérrez has appointed the economist Juan Carlos Mendoza as the delegate for the Supervision of Market Risk and Liquidity for Superfinanciera, Colombia’s financial regulatory body. Mendoza worked for more than 10 years in the...
Posted On May 12, 2019
, By Loren Moss
Sam Gross (l) Speaking At Ruta-N
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Sam Gross Discusses Ruta-N’s DAPI Initiative: Training Colombian RPA Talent & Connecting It With The World

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...
Posted On May 6, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Trump Nominates Philip S. Goldberg As New US Ambassador to Colombia

The White House yesterday released a statement announcing President Donald Trump’s intention to appoint Ambassador Philip Goldberg as the ambassador to Colombia, replacing Kevin Whitaker. Mr. Goldberg is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career...
Posted On May 2, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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US FAA Issues Emergency Order Restricting Flights Over Venezuela

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency “Notice To Airmen” (NOTAM) that restricts US flights and pilots, except those working for foreign commercial air cariers, from flying over Venezuela, with the exception of high altitude...
Posted On May 1, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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New petroleum Industry Event, “Colombia Oil & Gas” To Be Held In Bogotá July 10-11

The upcoming international congress and exhibition “COLOMBIA OIL AND GAS” is a business platform for developing effective strategies, sharing experiences, presenting new investment projects and innovations, consolidating efforts of governments and business to implement oil and...
Posted On April 24, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Marketing Expert Didier Lagae Visits Bogotá to Launch ”Marca Pais” Country Branding Textbook.

Last week in Bogotá, branding & reputation expert Didier Lagae presented at a lunch reception and discussion at the Grand Hyatt Bogotá his new book “Marca País, un país como marca.” The book presents the main challenges in professional brand management of an...
Posted On April 23, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Tecnoglass CFO Santiago Giraldo Discusses The Company’s Impressive Growth, Explains The Saint Gobain Deal: Exclusive Interview

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...
Posted On April 23, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Finance Colombia Launches Andes Digital Transformation Summit, June 12-13 In Bogotá

Finance Colombia, in conjunction with Unido Digital S.A.S. as organizer, is launching the first summit focused on CEOs, CIOs, and other executives with responsibility for IT and strategy decisions. Taking place June 12-13 at the Habitel Hotel & Convention Center in Bogotá...
Posted On April 23, 2019
, By Editorial Staff
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Regional Petroleum Trade Association Seeks More Women Leaders in Oil & Gas

The Regional Association of Oil, Gas and Biofuels Sector Companies in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARPEL) has announced last week its signature of the statement of support to the Women’s Empowerment Principles promoted by UN Women and the United Nations Global Compact....
Posted On April 22, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Colombian, Caribbean Rums Participate in Miami Rum Festival, May 17-18

In 2008, the Miami Rum Festival began as a small but elegant rum tasting event at Coral Gables’ historic Venetian Pool with 54 luxury rums and 150 rum enthusiasts in attendance. Eleven years later — after growing the event to be the biggest gathering of rum experts and...
Posted On April 22, 2019
, By Loren Moss
León de Greiff Auditorium, National University of Colombia, 7 March 2007. Photo credit Julián Ortega Martinez
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Report: 15,000 Venezuelans Employed By ELN, Other Guerillas Near Colombian Border

Criminal groups from Colombia have become the major source of employment in Venezuelan villages across the border as they recruit victims of the Venezuelan crisis in order to expand and build up their criminal power, according to a report by a human rights organization. Guerrilla...
Posted On April 19, 2019
, By Loren Moss
Centro Argos, under construction earlier this year.
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Bogotá #2 High End Office Market in South America says Cushman & Wakefield

Bogotá continues to consolidate itself as a leader in the high end office market according to a study performed by global real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield. According to the study, Bogotá comes in second, just after Santiago de Chile, with 167 m2 of class A space per 1,000...
Posted On April 17, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Nonprofit Seeking to Place Indigenous & Afrodescendants from Colombia & Brasil into US MBA programs Gets 1st Candidate Into Harvard Business School & Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management

TalentoTotal’s first TotalMBA Prep Fellow, Thomaz Barbosa, recently earned acceptance to the Full-Time MBA Programs at both Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management. TalentoTotal, an international non-profit organization created...
Posted On April 13, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Bogotá’s Habitel Hotel & Convention Center Ideal For Easy El Dorado International Airport Access

Bogotá is Colombia’s vibrant capital of 9 million people. Seat of the country’s government, home to many of Colombia’s most important businesses, and the setting for eclectic restaurants, nightlife, and cultural attractions, the capital city still suffers from some of the world’s...
Posted On April 9, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Frontera Energy, Lundin Gold, Dominican Republic, GEB Big Winners At Bonds & Loans Latin America Awards

On April 25, 2019, the Andean region’s banking elite will turn out for the annual Bonds & Loans Latin America Awards at the JW Marriott in Bogotá. Over 380 leading banking executives and their clients will attend the ceremony. Big winners include the Dominican Republic who...
Posted On April 4, 2019
, By Loren Moss
Catalina Rendón Jaramillo is Viva Air’s director of communications and corporate affairs.
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Viva Air Names Catalina Rendón Jaramillo as New Head of Communications & Corporate Affairs

Viva Air CEO Félix Antelo announced last week the hiring of Catalina Rendón Jaramillo as Viva Air’s director of communications and corporate affairs for the low cost international airline. During the last 12 years Rendón led the communications efforts of Inexmoda, Colombia’s...
Posted On April 2, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Executive Roundtable Held by Microsoft and Unisys in Bogotá Uncovers Digital Transformation Keys to Success

Technology executives from some of the most important companies in Colombia met in Bogotá last week to discuss the achievements and challenges migrations to a cloud-based IT infrastructure. The meeting was sponsored by Microsoft and Unisys in collaboration with Finance Colombia...
Posted On April 1, 2019
, By Loren Moss
Cerro Mono is a mountainous region that is home to water springs that supply more than 3,000 families in the region - Photo courtesy of InsightCrime
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Illegal Mining May Collapse Colombia’s Cerro Mono Ecosystem – InsightCrime Report

Colombian authorities have discovered that an important water resource is under threat from illegal mining in a rural area of Cúcuta, revealing that the region is dealing with far more than the well publicized border crisis with Venezuela. In a visit to Palmarito, in the north of...
Posted On March 31, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Medellín Utility Company EPM, Pueblorrico, Ciudad Bolivar & Antioquia Departmental Governments Deliver 2nd & 3rd of 10 Schools For Rural Indigenous Colombian Children

85 indigenous children belonging to the Emberá Chamí ethnic group in the the Hermeregildo Chakiama and the Bernardino Panchi reserves, near the rural municipalities of Pueblorrico and Ciudad Bolívar, southwest Antioquia, are now attending the new La Union and Ricardo González...
Posted On March 29, 2019
, By Loren Moss
Colombian President Ivan Duque at the 1st Amazon AWS Public Sector Summit held in Colombia. Photo credit: Efraín Herrera- Presidencia de la República
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Amazon Announces New AWS Edge Location, Training Programs & Network Infrastructure for Colombia

Amazon Web Services (AWS) (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced in Bogotá yesterday that it would activate an edge location in Colombia by the end of 2019, making Colombia Amazon AWS’s first Latin American network access point outside of North America or Brazil. The cloud services and retail...
Posted On March 29, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Viva Air Inks $3.2 Billion USD Deal With CFM For LEAP-1A Turbofan Engines On Its New Airbus A320neo Jets

Medellín based low-cost airline Viva Air today in its Rionegro, Colombia headquarters outside of Medellín, finalized a $3.2 billion USD deal for the purchase and maintenance of LEAP-1A turbofan engines with jet engine provider CFM International. The engines are destined for the...
Posted On March 28, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Banco de Bogotá named “Best Bank in Colombia” by Global Finance Magazine Panel

Banco de Bogotá, member of financial conglomerate Grupo Aval, was named as the “Best Bank in Colombia” for 2019 according to financial magazine Global Finance. The selection was made by the editors of Global Finance, after  consultations with financial executives,...
Posted On March 27, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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More Fine Italian Wines Arrive From Tuscany’s Frescobaldi To Delight Colombian Oenophiles

One of Italy’s oldest Tuscan vintners, the house of Frescobaldi, is now exporting several labels of its Italian wine to Colombia, via importer and distributor Pedro Domecq Colombia. Frasecobaldi, headed by family patriarch Lamberto Frescobaldi and his brother Vittorio, holds over...
Posted On March 27, 2019
, By Editorial Staff
Clemente del Valle Borráez, outgoing president of FDN - Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional, Colombia
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FDN President Clemente del Valle Borráez Submits Resignation

Today the board of directors of Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional, Colombia’s national development finance entity that supports the financing of major public works projects announced that the agency’s president, Clemente del Valle Borráez (above photos) has stepped...
Posted On March 27, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Continental Gold Announces Progress on Buriticá Mine Construction, 1st Gold Pour On Track For Early 2020

Today, Continental Gold (TSX:CNL OTCQX:CGOOF) shared a progress update with Finance Colombia and other news outlets. The Toronto based miner building the Buriticá gold mine near the town of the same name in Antioquia, Colombia announced that satisfactory progress is being made in...
Posted On March 27, 2019
, By Loren Moss
NBCC Delegation visiting Cali and the Pacific region of Colombia. Photo courtesy of Invest Pacific.
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Cali Opens Its Doors To Trade Delegation From The US National Black Chamber of Commerce

Cali Colombia has long been recognized for its diverse business fabric; its disposition towards international markets; high levels of human capital development, attractiveness for foreign investment, an international airport; and nearby Buenaventura – the country’s main port on...
Posted On March 26, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Quebec Delegation Visits Medellín To Connect With Colombian Construction Industry

A delegation of 10 Canadian business executives from the Province of Quebec recently visited Medellín, accompanied by Export Quebec and led by Counselor for International Affairs Suzie Racine, for the purposes of connecting with construction industry executives in metropolitan...
Posted On March 26, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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Colombia Announces 700MHz Spectrum Auction

Colombia’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies (MINTIC) announced three important decisions that are intended to give Colombia greater development in terms of technology and services for rural areas. The Deputy Minister of Connectivity and Digitalization, Iván...
Posted On March 26, 2019
, By Loren Moss
EPM Headquarters Building in Medellín's Plaza Mayor
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EPM Pauses Sale of ISA Shares

Medellín based utility company EPM (Empresas Públicas de Medellín) announced last week that it has decided to pause the planned first stage of the sale of its shares in Interconexión Eléctrica S.A. (ISA). Currently, in this process, 112,605,547 ordinary shares, equivalent to...
Posted On March 26, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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City of Ibague, Colombia Receives ELIPSE Command & Control System

The Mayor of Ibagué, Tolima Dr. Alfonso Jaramillo Martínez, is scheduled to formally accept delivery of the Elipse Unified Command and Control System developed for the city of Ibague by the Corporation of High Technology for Defense “CODALTEC”, a Colombian government-controlled...
Posted On March 26, 2019
, By Loren Moss
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