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//Finance Colombia is glad to support the efforts of event organizers domestically and internationally. We offer several different levels of collaboration based on your objectives & constraints.

Finance Colombia is glad to support the efforts of our event organizer partners domestically and internationally. We offer several different levels of collaboration based on your objectives & constraints.

Basic

Finance Colombia offers the following:

  • 728×90 OR 300×250 banner ad in rotation on all article pages and front page
  • 1 email announcing the event to our subscriber base before the event. You provide HTML
  • 12 social media posts: up to 1 per week, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
  • 1 pre-event article announcing and promoting the event
  • 1 post-event article

 

You offer the following:

  • 3 all access media passes (editor, photographer, assistant) for events within Colombia, or 2 all access media passes for events outside of Colombia, including privileges of paid attendees (meals, event receptions, functions, etc.)
  • Prominent listing as media partner with our logo (and link on electronic media) on all print and electronic promotional materials, event programs, etc. including stage backdrops, and photographer’s curtains.
  • Table and suitable space to share our promotional material (primarily offering free subscriptions to attendees) and permission to offer free subscriptions to attendees
  • Airfare + Hotel to and from the event per our travel policy:
    • International, Bogotá: 1 hotel room (official event venue hotel) & 2 business class airfares
    • Rest of Colombia: 2 hotel rooms & 2 business class round trip fares
    • Events in Medellín do not require hotel room or air travel

Speaker / Moderator

We offer each other all of the above plus…

Finance Colombia offers:

  • 2 additional articles, promoting our participation, plus promoting the event (3 total).
  • 2 more promotional emails (up to 1 per month, maximum)
  • Cross platform promotion – banner ads on our other publications & social media channels as relevant: Finance Americas, Cognitive Business News, Lorenmoss.com, Unido Digital Media
  • Social media promotion, participation & engagement during the event
  • Active promotion of our participation via publisher & publication LinkedIn channels & groups, social media
  • Assistance & outreach (as necessary) with identifying & recruiting other speakers, invited guests & experts
  • Finance Colombia editors/publisher will  prepare and give relevant presentations and/or moderate up to 2 sessions, in English or Spanish

 

You offer:

  • Access to any VIP / optional extra-cost event functions
  • Full exhibit space during the event
  • 1 additional all-access exhibitor pass

 

Sponsor Package

We offer each other all of the above plus:

Finance Colombia offers:

  • Video and written interviews of speakers and/or organizers during the event (up to 5).
  • 12 additional social media posts (24 total)
  • 3 pre-event articles promoting the event, such as interviews with speakers
  • 3 (minimum) post-event articles highlighting the event’s success
  • Distribution of your content (such as white papers, reports, etc.) via Finance Colombia: Articles & banners with links to download
  • 2 additional email blasts (spread out, no more than 2 per month)

 

You offer:

  • $5,995 USD
  • 1 additional air fare & hotel room per above policy
  • Listing as silver level sponsor or above (or equivalent)

 

Additional Options

  • Keynote Speaker: Loren Moss, publisher of Finance Colombia will deliver opening or closing keynote presentation, researched and relevant to the event, English or Spanish $6,000 in addition to above – Speaker/Moderator or Sponsorship package
  • Outbound Marketing: A team of 3 of our bilingual outbound sales associates will contact and invite attendees to your event $11,000 USD / month

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Ecopetrol CEO Felipe Bayón Innocent, No Longer Faces Jail, Rules Colombian Court

Furthermore, Ecopetrol presented in its defense a medical board’s findng that “the former worker has maladaptive personality traits that limit the therapeutic response, despite the multiple pharmacological schemes ordered by psychiatry and the supportive psychotherapy carried out both for psychiatry as clinical...
Posted On December 17, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On December 17, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Israeli Drug Kingpin Gabriel Kenigsberger Captured In Bogotá

Kenigsberger, though already convicted, is also still being investigated for participation in sexual exploitation of minors with the promotion of sexual tourism plans that included children.
Posted On December 15, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On December 8, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On December 8, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On December 8, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Medellín based international low-cost air carrier Viva Air has added Cali, Colombia as a base of operations (in effect, a mini-hub), stationing two Airbus A320 Aircraft at Cali’s international airport, and adding new routes between Cali and both Barranquilla & Santa Marta, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast. When...
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, By Loren Moss
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Posted On December 8, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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In late November, an attorney, Alberto González Mebarack, launched a lawsuit in Bogotá to demand that the Colombian Ministry of Health reimpose the requirement for a negative PCR test on any traveler entering Colombia. After
Posted On December 8, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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According to the comptroller, these 28 individuals would be responsible for economic losses exceeding $400 million USD. Among those individuals are former EPM general managers Federico Restrepo and Juan Esteban Calle; former mayors of Medellín Anibal Gaviria & Fabio Salazar, and former governors of Antioquia, Luis...
Posted On December 8, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On December 8, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On December 8, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Khiron Opening Zerenia Cannabis Treatment Clinic In Medellín

The Medellin clinic, with a grand opening planned for December 8, 2020, will support Khiron´s goal of expanding regional access to the firm’s clinical services and medical cannabis products for patients.
Posted On December 2, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On December 2, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Fitch Affirms Ecopetrol At BBB- With Negative Outlook

The rating agency highlighted Ecopetrol's liquidity profile, supported by its cash generation, strong access to capital markets and adequate debt maturity profile.
Posted On December 2, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On December 1, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On December 1, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On December 1, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On December 1, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Expat Group: Visitors To Colombia Would Be Wise To Explore Travel Health Insurance Options. Here’s How

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Posted On November 30, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Tecnoglass Completes Delisting From Colombia Exchange, Now Exclusively On NASDAQ as TGLS

Tecnoglass (NASDAQ: TGLS) has completed its delisting from Colombia's BVC stock exchange to focus on the US based NASDAQ, where over 99% of its trading volume already takes place.
Posted On November 30, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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EPM Appoints Blanca Liliana Ruíz Arroyave To Run Acquired Afinia Caribbean Electrical Utility

Ruíz has spent the last 24 years of her career at EPM, where she has held multiple posts including Director of Energy Regulation, and Executive Vice President of Business Management.
Posted On November 30, 2020
, By Loren Moss
Juan Diego Zapata will join the Viva Air Group as the new Director of Sales and Distribution.
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Juan Diego Zapata Joins Viva Air As Director Of Sales & Distribution

Viva Air has appointed Juan Diego Zapata as the new Director of Sales and Distribution to work closely with travel agencies and other travel and tourism industry actors to consolidate Viva’s position in both the tourist and corporate segments.
Posted On November 30, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On November 25, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Avianca Reaches Load Factor Of 66.7% For September Flights, Including Humanitarian Repatriations

In September 2020, Avianca and its subsidiaries transported a total of 164,859 air passengers including 5,342 passengers on repatriation flights, resulting in a monthly load factor of 66.7%.
Posted On November 24, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On November 21, 2020
, By Loren Moss
Eleonora Betancur (l) & Loren Moss. Photo credit: Liliana Padierna
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Interview: Eleonora Betancur Hopes To Leave Her Imprint On Medellin’s Investment Promotion Agency

Earlier this year, Eleonora Betancur was appointed executive director of ACI Medellin, the Colombian city's investment promotion agency. In this interview, she discusses with Finance Colombia's Loren Moss the new direction she hopes to take the organization.
Posted On November 20, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Avianca Promotes Adrian Neuhauser From CFO To Executive Vice President

Avianca Airlines announced this week that as part of its new management structure, current CFO Adrian Neuhauser will assume additional responsibilities relating to the airline’s operation and the company’s legal affairs as Corporate Executive Vice President, reporting to the CEO, Anko Van Der Werff.
Posted On November 20, 2020
, By Loren Moss
Photo credit: Liliana Padierna
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Interview: Etek CEO Praveen Sengar Discusses Adapting To Expat Life In Bogotá

Etek is a multinational IT security company headquartered in Miami, Florida but with operations run out of Bogotá, Colombia. Praveen Sengar was brought in as the company’s new CEO less than a year ago to energize the company’s culture and grow its global reach. In another interview, Sengar discusses the company’s...
Posted On November 20, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Get The Free Report: Current Status Of The Latin American Lithium Industry 2020

Get the free report about Current Status of the Lithium Industry in Latin America 2020 prepared as a prologue to the 2nd Online Business Congress and 1-2-1 meetings “Lithium Latin America” (24-26 November), during which key industrial lithium producing enterprises, regulatory authorities, technology and equipment...
Posted On November 20, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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2020 Runoff Election Reminder For US Citizens Abroad

The U.S. 2020 general elections have passed, but election season is not over! If you vote in a state or jurisdiction with runoff elections for federal and local offices, the U.S. Embassy can assist with the return of your voting materials.
Posted On November 20, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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The book starts off with a glowing account of the airline’s creation, almost superlative in its description of the personalities involved. However, in the second half the book takes a frank and candid tone when approaching the airline’s growing pains, internal conflict among the founders & investors, missteps,...
Posted On November 11, 2020
, By Loren Moss
ColCapital is pleased to invite you to participate in the new version of its annual awards event, recognizing private equity managers with the greatest impact in the Colombian economy. Recognition will be awarded for the adaptation of companies or projects invested by private equity funds that mitigate, minimize or potentiate the effects generated by the current economic and health crisis due to the pandemic affecting the world.
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ColCapital is pleased to invite you to participate in the new version of its annual awards event, recognizing private equity managers with the greatest impact in the Colombian economy. Recognition will be awarded for the adaptation of companies or projects invested by private equity funds that mitigate, minimize...
Posted On November 11, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Interview: Tecnoglass CFO Santiago Giraldo Discusses The Company’s New $300 Million USD Credit Facility + Land Deal For New Factory

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Posted On November 3, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Atico Mining Announces Q3 Operating Results For Its El Roble Mine In Chocó, Colombia

Atico Mining's El Roble mine production for the third quarter 2020 totaled 5.55 million pounds of copper and 2,487 ounces of gold in concentrates, a decrease of 3% for copper and 25% for gold over the same period in 2019.
Posted On November 3, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Tecnoglass Successfully Closes On $300 Million USD Credit Facility

With a new $300 million USD senior secured credit facility consisting of a $250 million delayed draw term loan and a $50 million committed revolving credit facility, Tecnoglass expands its borrowing capacity, significantly reduces cost of capital, lowers interest expense by an estimated $11 million USD annually,...
Posted On November 2, 2020
, By Loren Moss
Viva Air group presents Felix Antelo as its new CEO. (Credit: Viva Air)
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Viva Air Carries Over 100,000 Passengers With 80% Load Factor In First Month Of Colombian Airspace Reopening

Viva Air Is selling tickets for as low as $15,49 USD one-way, and has announced that it has carried over 100,000 passengers in the first month of Colombian airspace reopening. The airline remains in growth-mode despite the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Posted On November 2, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Copa Airlines Reinitiates Flight Operations In Colombia

Copa has relaunched international flights from Medellín, Cali, Cartagena & Bogotá to its Panamá City hub and from there, other international destinations.
Posted On November 2, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Delivering Excellent Customer Service and Managing Remote Teams: How to Balance Today’s Dilemmas?

Cloud platforms provide Contact Center companies with all the tools they need to balance the challenges of the new world order
Posted On November 2, 2020
, By Loren Moss
Image by M P from Pixabay
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US State Department Urges: “Reconsider Travel To Colombia” Due To Worsening Conditions

US Department of State: Reconsider travel to Colombia due to COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in Colombia due to crime, terrorism and kidnapping. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. 
Posted On October 30, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Fitch Expects LatAm Electric Sector To Remain Resilient Through Pandemic

Fitch estimates 2021 and 2022 revenues and EBITDA to be approximately 9% less than prior estimates, given lower overall demand due to the economic downturn. Post-pandemic capex is expected to follow similar trends in 2020, but increase by 9% in 2021 and 15% in 2022.
Posted On October 29, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Gran Colombia Gold Reports Improved Results For Q3 2020

Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM; OTCQX: TPRFF) announced today that it produced a total of 19,699 ounces of gold in September 2020 bringing the total for the third quarter of 2020 to 58,454 ounces, up 4% over the third quarter of 2019. The third quarter 2020 production reflects a 21% improvement over the second...
Posted On October 28, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Interview: Colombia’s New Puerto Antioquia Ocean Port Will Lower Costs & Boost Competitiveness

This new port, along with major highway construction projects upgrading the road connectivity, is expected to increase the competitiveness and lower the transportation cost for the export and import of goods into Colombia.
Posted On October 28, 2020
, By Loren Moss
Image by enriquelopezgarre from Pixabay
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Renovatio Launches Colombia’s First Private Renewable Energy Auction

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Posted On October 28, 2020
, By Loren Moss
Felix Antelo photo by Loren Moss
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Viva Air Launches 2 New Routes From Cali To Barranquilla & Santa Marta, Colombia

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Posted On October 27, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Colombia Gold Symposium 2020 Brings All-Star Speakers, Online Format November 10-13

The Colombia Gold Symposium, organized by Paul Harris, publisher of Colombia Gold Letter, also covers other metals such as silver and copper, and gives Ecuador equal billing in the symposium content, with additional attention given to Peru and Chile.
Posted On October 26, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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August PriceSmart Sales Flat, Pressured By Coronavirus Pandemic

For the five weeks ended August 30, 2020, comparable net merchandise sales for the 42 warehouse clubs open at least 13 ½ full months decreased 2.8% when compared to the same period last year.
Posted On October 26, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Guest Opinion: Russia in 2016—Colombia in 2020?

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Posted On October 26, 2020
, By Sergio Escobar
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US Citizens Abroad, Be Sure To Vote In The Upcoming Election. Here is How:

You can use the FWAB as an emergency, back-up option if you do not have time to return your local ballot. If you send a FWAB and subsequently receive your local ballot, you can vote with the local ballot, too – your election official will count only your local ballot, and you will not be voting twice.
Posted On October 15, 2020
, By Loren Moss
SINPRO President Olga Lucia Arango
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Interview: EPM’s SINPRO Labor Union President Olga Lucia Arango Expresses Grave Concerns On Utility’s Leadership, Political Interference

Olga Lucia Arango, the president of EPM's largest labor union does not mince words when she expresses her union's concern over alleged mismanagement and political interference at the Medellín-based multinational utility operator. She has a message for the utility's bondholders, lenders and investors.
Posted On October 8, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Juan Camilo Reyes CISSP Appointed As Etek’s Chief Revenue Officer

ETEK International Corporation has announced the appointment of Juan Camilo Reyes as the new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) for Latin America.
Posted On October 8, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Bancolombia announced an agreement to acquire full ownership of GAH. Under the agreement, Bancolombia will buy the remaining 40% stake in GAH that it currently does not own. This transaction was approved by the Colombian, Panamanian, Guatemalan, and Barbados regulators.
Posted On October 6, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Viva Air Trolls Avianca For Violating In-Flight Biosafety Protocols With Onboard Brass Band Then Bragging About It On Twitter.

UPDATE: TheColombian government has launched an investigation into Avianca - When Avianca pulled a publicity stunt to have musicians on board perform a brass serenade for passengers and then posted it on Twitter, rival airline Viva Air was quick to call their competitor out for the risky show.
Posted On October 6, 2020
, By Loren Moss
Hidroituango spillway photo courtesy EPM
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EPM’s Hidroituango: New Report By Independent Geological Engineering Expert Challenges Existing Narrative

This is the abridged version of a new independent technical study of the Hidroituango Hydroelectric Dam project tunnel collapse on Colombia's Cauca River by Canadian geological engineering expert Dean Brox. According to Mr. Brox, serious design flaws and critical decisions led to the tunnel collapse and near...
Posted On October 5, 2020
, By Dean Brox
Photo: An Avianca 787 on the tarmac at José María Córdova International Airport near Medellín in Colombia. (Credit: Avianca)
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US Bankruptcy Court Approves $2 Billion USD Avianca DIP Financing Package

After a $370 million USD government loan was blocked by a Colombian court, a US bankruptcy judge approved a total of $1.217 billion USD in new DIP loans that Avianca was able to negotiate from existing creditors and new investors.
Posted On October 5, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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With Government Loan In Doubt, Avianca Secures Additional DIP Financing

Avianca says it has raised $2 billion of DIP financing, including new loans and refinancing of existing notes, despite the blockage of a $370 million USD bailout loan from the Colombian government.
Posted On September 22, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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While Asking For Government Bailout & Furloughing Thousands of Employees, Bankrupt Avianca Paid 7 “Insiders” Bonuses Of Over $10.3 Million USD

Despite laying off thousands of employees, filing for bankruptcy, and asking the Colombian government for a $370 million USD bailout, FInance Colombia has learned that Avianca has paid bonuses of over $10 million USD to seven top Avianca executives. CEO Anko Van der Werff & CFO Adrian Neuhauser made off with the...
Posted On September 21, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Deliflor, Other Breeders Take Colombia’s Chrysanthemum Industry Events Online For 2020

Deliflor held its 2020 open house in conjunction with Colombia Chrysanthemum week, taken online this year due to the Pandemic travel restrictions. Still, Colombia Chrysanthemum Week 2020 online had lots to offer buyers, importers, breeders, and every link in the floriculture supply chain.
Posted On September 19, 2020
, By Loren Moss
Colombian police paint over a mural of Julieth Ramirez, who was killed by a police gunfire while protesting the death of Javiér Ordoñez.
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Gruesome Autopsy Report Shows How Colombian Police Killed Unarmed Law Student Javier Ordóñez

“A high energy blunt abdominal trauma caused the right kidney to burst, causing severe bleeding in the abdominal cavity, leading to death,” in addition to a ruptured liver says the coroner’s report on the death of Javier Ordoñez, a Colombian law student who died at the hands of police.
Posted On September 19, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Colombian Schoolchildren Fed Chemically Altered Donkey Meat Labeled As Beef

Colombian Prosecutors took down a macabre conspiracy that sold meat from sick and dead donkeys and horses to local school systems, after first chemically treating the meat to appear more like beef, and give it a palatable texture. Between 2018 & 2019 the culprits moved over 5,500 pounds per week to school lunch...
Posted On September 18, 2020
, By Loren Moss
Superintendent of Transportation, Camilo Pabón Almanza.
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Colombia’s Transportation Ministry Investigates Viva Air Voucher Policy

Colombia's Superintendent of Transportation is looking into complaints regarding the expiration date and use policy of some travel vouchers issued by Viva Air during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The airline says it is cooperating, and has already revised its redemption policy.
Posted On September 18, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Colombian Government Announces Biosafety Protocols For Arriving International Travelers

Travelers arriving to Colombia must present a negative result of a PCR test for Covid-19 taken no longer than 96 hours before the stipulated time of travel and whoever has symptoms associated with Covid-19 will not be allowed to get on board.
Posted On September 18, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On September 16, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Cartagena-Based US DEA Agent Guilty Of Stealing Over $9 Million USD In Drug Money

US DEA Special Agent José Ismael Irizarry and his wife Nathalia Gomez Irizarry pled guilty to all charges in a mammoth scheme to steal government funds, drug proceeds and launder money. The Irizarrys apparently are related to the notorious Ambuila crime family of Cali, Colombia.
Posted On September 15, 2020
, By Loren Moss
Tecnoglass Barranquilla plant
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Tecnoglass Declares Cash Dividend For Q3 2020

Coming off a record breaking second quarter, Barranquilla, Colombia based Tecnoglass (NASDAQ: TGLS) has declared a cash dividend of $0.0275 USD per share, or $0.11 per share on an annualized basis for the third quarter of 2020. The dividend will be paid to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2020 on October...
Posted On September 15, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Despite Pandemic, Viva Air Expands With New Bogotá – Cali Route

Just days after the Colombian government allowed the restart of commercial aviation in the country, low cost carrier Viva Air has returned to expansion mode with the announcement of a new route between the Colombian capital of Bogotá and the third largest city and Colombia’s salsa capital of Cali. With the...
Posted On September 15, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Court Blocks Colombia’s $370 Million USD Emergency Loan To Bankrupt Avianca Airlines

A 3 judge panel in Colombia's Cundinamarca district court issued an emergency injunction against the $370 million USD loan by the administration of Colombian President Ivan Duque to bankrupt Avianca Airlines, where his sister is a top executive. The lawsuit was filed by a citizen, claiming the deal would "menace...
Posted On September 12, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Former President Denounces Colombian Government For Colluding With Trump Re-Election Campaign

Former Colombian President & Nobel Peace Prize Winner Juan Manuel Santos has accused current Colombian President Ivan Duque's administration of unlawfully offering to interfere in the upcoming US Presidential Election on behalf of Donald Trump
Posted On September 10, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Viva Air Restarts International Flights September 19 With Miami-Cartagena Route

Viva Air is the 1st Colombian carrier to announce international flights after airspace reopens. Colombia-Miami flights start September 19. Viva is waiting on Peruvian authorization to begin flights there as well.
Posted On September 10, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Deadly Riots & Protests Against Police Brutality Break Out Across Colombia

Colombia suffered deadly riots as citizens took to the street to protest police brutality. In the latest incident, a law student was beaten & tasered to death in front of his apartment as friends and family looked on in horror. The attack was apparently unprovoked. Artwork courtesy of @PATATAdibujo...
Posted On September 10, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Colombian Government Study To Explore $370 Million USD Loan To Bankrupt Avianca Contracted Just 1 Day Before Loan Approved; To Be Paid By Avianca

Finance Colombia has learned that a feasibility study to determine the viability of a government bailout of Avianca Airlines, where Colombian President Ivan Duque’s sister Maria Paula Duque is a top executive, was contracted by the finance ministry only the day before Duque announced the $370 million USD package...
Posted On September 9, 2020
, By Loren Moss
Mark Grenon captured by CTI in Santa Marta
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Father & Son Hucksters From US Peddling Lethal Bleach “Miracle Cure” Captured In Santa Marta, Colombia

Joseph Grenon and one of his three sons, Mark Grenon were arrested in Santa Marta, Colombia in a joint operation between Colombia’s attorney general and the US Department of Justice, after being charged with peddling a lethal industrial bleach solution in both the US and Colombia.
Posted On September 8, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Declan Ryan Says Viva Air Not Being Treated Fairly By Colombian Government: Exclusive Interview

Finance Colombia’s founder Loren Moss was able to connect with Viva Air’s Executive Chairman Declan Ryan to better understand the gap between what the Duque Administration has said, and what they are doing. Are investors being treated equitably?
Posted On September 3, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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New Details Emerge On How Medellín Mayor Daniel Quintero Provoked Ruta-N Board Walkout

The board of directors then asked for a meeting with the mayor at the end of July, which they did not get. In their regular board meeting, August 12, the board of directors again asked Quintero’s secretary of economic development, Alejandro Arias for a meeting with the mayor to discuss the events. Such a meeting...
Posted On September 3, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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The Online Business Congress and 1-2-1 meetings "Hydropower Latin America 2020" is an international, professional platform, bringing together over 250 C-level executives of hydropower plants, LatAm Ministries of Energy, hydropower companies, investors, EPCs, equipment and service providers from all over Latin America.
Posted On September 3, 2020
, By Loren Moss
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) listens as President Álvaro Uribe (right) speaks to a group assembled at the Colombian presidential residence on August 19, 2003. (Photo by TSGT Andy Dunaway, U.S. Air Force)
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Declassified US State Department Cables: “Uribe Almost Certainly Had Dealings With The Paramilitaries”

"The secret US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) list said Alvaro Uribe was 'dedicated to collaboration with the Medellin Cartel at high government levels' & was 'a close personal friend of Pablo Escobar' who had “worked for the Medellin Cartel." Declassified US Government documents reveal new details about...
Posted On September 2, 2020
, By Michael Evans
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Guest Editorial: Restore Confidence in Medellín

In recent weeks, the harmony of Medellin's governance with the city's civil society has been affected by a series of decisions originating from the Medellin mayor's office that interfere with the regulations and corporate governance of companies so emblematic of the city & the country such as Empresas Públicas de...
Posted On September 1, 2020
, By Sergio Escobar
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From Tomato-Thrower To Banana Republican, Can Medellin’s Mayor Daniel Quintero Learn Good Governance (Please?): Op-Ed

Only 8 months into his term as mayor of Medellín, tomato-throwing Daniel Quintero has managed to unite Paisas from labor unions to corporate giants against him.Multiple boards of directors have resigned, and Fitch has downgraded the city-owned utility's credit, citing 'governance concerns.' Will it continue to get...
Posted On September 1, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On September 1, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Interview: Tecnoglass Having A Record-Breaking Year Despite Pandemic & Temporary Shutdown – CFO Santiago Giraldo Explains How

Finance Colombia executive editor Loren Moss was able to speak with Tecnoglass CFO Santiago Giraldo to understand the company's extraordinary first half of 2020, how it is navigating the pandemic, and what investors can expect from the joint venture with Saint Gobain, and the company’s expansion plans.
Posted On September 1, 2020
, By Loren Moss
While Copa & Viva Airlines have not announced any fleet groundings so far, this week, Avianca & LATAM have announced significant cutbacks on routes, grounding between 30-40% of their fleets in the face of the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic.
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Colombian Government To Loan $370 Million USD To Bankrupt Avianca

Colombia’s finance ministry over the weekend announced that it would provide an 18 month loan of up to $370 million USD to Avianca Airlines, currently in Chapter 11 proceedings in US courts. The financing would be provided under Avianca’s proposed Debtor In Possession (DIP) financing, securing the loan with a lien...
Posted On September 1, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On August 30, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Posted On August 26, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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EPM Announces Its New Board Of Directors – Light On Corporate Governance Experience

This new board the mayor was able to assemble is notable for not including anyone with deep corporate governance experience or a background running multibillion-dollar international enterprises like EPM. Several nominations with corporate experience by the mayor publicly rejected the appointments after they had...
Posted On August 26, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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In Deepening Crisis At EPM, Labor Union Demands CEO Explain Private Gym, Luxury Office Remodel Despite Austerity Orders

Adding to the turmoil at EPM (Empresas Públicas de Medellín) since Medellín’s mayor Daniel Quintero took office and appointed CEO Álvaro Guillermo Rendón (above photo), the utility’s primary labor union SINPRO has issued a public demand for information on Rendón’s alleged multi-billion peso office remodel, and...
Posted On August 25, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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President Ivan Duque Extends Colombia’s COVID-19 Emergency Until November 30

"We want to inform the country that a new phase begins on September 1, where we change the concept of Mandatory Preventive Isolation, with a significant number of exceptions, to having a concept of Selective Isolation, distancing and individual responsibility," said President Duque on his nightly TV show
Posted On August 25, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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EPM’s Board Drama Continues: 2 More Nominees Reject Mayor Quintero’s Appointment

Luis Fernando Rico, former general manager of another Colombian utility giant, Isagen along with the general manager of Colombian weekly newsmagazine Semana both rejected Quintero’s appointments, joining Claro Colombia CEO Juan Carlos Archila and Grupo Santo Domingo’s Alberto Preciado.
Posted On August 25, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Turmoil At EPM Deepens As Colombia’s Human Rights Tribunal Subpoenas General Manager

EPM's General Manager Alvaro Guillermo Rendón has been given 5 days to respond to a subpoena from Colombia's human rights tribunal, which has been seeking information regarding EPM's handling of the remains of conflict victims at its troubled Hidroituango dam.
Posted On August 25, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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What To Expect In 2nd Half Of Colombian President Ivan Duque’s Term? Colombia Risk Analysis Predicts In This Exclusive Video Interview

The report’s co-author Cameron Wilson took time to speak with Finance Colombia executive editor Loren Moss about the many points covered by the report, including what to expect in the second half of Colombian President Ivan Duque’s term.
Posted On August 25, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Andicom 2020 Goes Virtual September 2-3: CINTEL’s Ericc Sanchez Discusses The New X-Tech Format

Executive Editor Loren Moss spoke with CIntel’s Ericc Sanchez Castillo about the unique format of this year’s ANDICOM and the added features enabled by the virtual format.
Posted On August 25, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Medellín’s Governance Crisis Spreads To Tigo Une: Federico Arango Toro Resigns Board Via Scathing Repudiation Of Mayor Daniel Quintero

“The recent acts under your responsibility as manager of EPM, and being mayor, as the president of its board of directors, reconfirms to me that the necessary identity of principles no longer exist to continue acting in the representation of EPM, for that I am presenting my irrevocable renunciation,” With that...
Posted On August 19, 2020
, By Loren Moss
South American magnate & former Avianca chairman Germán Efromovich
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Breaking News: Former Avianca Chairman Germán Efromovich Arrested On Corruption & Bribery Charges

Former Avianca chairman Germán Efromovich along with his brother José have been arrested in Brazil on charges of bribery and corruption as part of the Lava Jato investigation.
Posted On August 19, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Unimpressed By DIP Financing Plan, Bancolombia Terminates Coverage of Avianca

Bancolombia, Colombia's largest bank has issued a report panning Avianca proposed DIP financing plan from the point of view of current shareholders, and indicated that it would no longer be covering the bankrupt airline.
Posted On August 19, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Spirit Air To Fly Humanitarian Flights From Colombia To US In August

The U.S. Embassy has announced that Spirit Airlines will operate three humanitarian flights at the end of August from Colombia to the United States for US citizens and permanent residents that wish to return to the US during this period of closed airspace due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic.
Posted On August 18, 2020
, By Loren Moss
(Photo credit: Avianca)
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Avianca Seeking $1.2 Billion USD Debtor In Possession Financing During Bankruptcy

Bankrupt airline Avianca has revealed that it is working on debtor in possession financing with several investment banks including Seabury Securities, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase; subject to approval by US Bankruptcy Court and creditors. The deal would potentially open a path to Avianca retaking ownership of...
Posted On August 18, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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Financial Entities Suspend “Commercial Relations” With EPM Citing Governance, Credit Concerns

EPM has received notification from local and international financial entities of the suspension of commercial relations, resulting in the reduction of quotas and credit limits in operations such as loans, exchange risk hedges and bank guarantees, after the board of directors quit and the utility's credit rating...
Posted On August 18, 2020
, By Loren Moss
US DFC CEO Adam Boehler and US National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien joined Colombian President Iván Duque to announce the launch of the US-Colombia Growth Initiative. Photo credit: DFC
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Colombia, USA Announce Bilateral Investment & Rural Development Pact

US DFC CEO Adam Boehler and US National Security Advisor Robert C. O’Brien joined Colombian President Iván Duque to announce the launch of the US-Colombia Growth Initiative to strengthen US-Colombia bilateral cooperation while leveraging US government resources to create economic opportunity in rural Colombia.
Posted On August 18, 2020
, By Loren Moss
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