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Tuesday was a historic day in Colombia - not because the football team managed to snatch a 2-2 draw against Argentina in a World Cup qualifier, but because it represented the first time ever that local investors could buy and sell Chilean stocks in local currency.

The COVID-19 Pandemic isn't holding Ed Delgado down, as he seeks to resurrect the Ecuatoreana aviation brand as a domestic regional carrier connecting Quito and Guayaquíl with The Galapagos Islands and other important destinations within Ecuador for citizens and tourists alike....

Fundación Viva Air, in alliance with the Antioquia Presente Corporation and other entities have operated a special flight to Leticia, Amazonas to deliver training personnel and 15 tons of food, medical equipment and other vital cargo. The low-cost airline’s charitable foundation...

Mercury contamination caused by illegal mining in Colombia’s Amazon is threatening the welfare of Indigenous communities who are now seeking legal action against the government. Late last year, a group of affected Indigenous communities presented a lawsuit against the government...

Canada based Flora Growth Corp. has announced that it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire a 90% equity interest in Colombian juice producer Kasa Wholefoods Company S.A.S. Kasa produces exotic Amazonian fruit juices and chocolates under the “Mamba” brand in Colombia....

Global emerging market startup accelerator Seedstars has named its nine most promising startups from Latin Amercia in front of over 200 guests at Medellin’s Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB). These nine early stage companies will represent the region at the Seedstars...

The Holberton School, a college alternative for training software engineers, last week announced that it has opened a campus in Medellín, it’s second Colombia campus after opening one in the capital of Bogotá. Holberton provides what it calls “Silicon-Valley grade” peer-learning...

What set Serengeti lenses apart is that you were actually getting some technological value for the high price tag, rather than a designer label slapped on an otherwise cheap pair of plastic sunglasses.

Colombia has joined the World Economic Forum alliance to protect the Amazon from deforestation.

Exito plans to monetize its Big Data assets through a program called Puntos Colombia, which has been developed with Bancolombia and will launch in early 2018.