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Latin American oil and gas explorer GeoPark Limited (NYSE: GPRK), with current operations in Chile, Colombia, Brasil, and Argentina, has announced a new oil field discovery following the drilling of the Chachalaca 1 exploration well, located on the Llanos 34 Block in Colombia,...

Last week, Medellin based Grupo Éxito has entered into a share purchase agreement with Casino regarding the acquisitions in cash of a 50% stake in the holding company of 99.9% the ordinary voting shares of Grupo Pão de Açúcar, representing 18,8% of the total capital, along with...

APM Terminals and Colombian-based port and terminal operating company, Compañia de Puertos Asociados S.A. (Compas S.A.) have signed a joint venture agreement to jointly manage and operate Compas S.A.’s existing multi purpose Cartagena Terminal. APM Terminals and Compas S.A. will...

Empresas Municipales de Cali (EMCALI) has launched an advanced energy project this summer in the city of Cali, Colombia that will actively manage electrical consumption and supply in selected buildings throughout the capital of the Valle de Cauca. After a successful initial...

The electoral campaigns are heating up in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital. Finance Colombia endeavors to speak with every serious candidate willing to offer us their time. This year, we were able to sit down first with Bogotá’s Libertarian candidate, Daniel Raisbeck. The Libertarian...

South American retailer Cencosud has selected Unisys Corporation (NYSE: UIS) to offer IT help desk services to internal users in Colombia, Chile, Perú, Brasil, and Argentina. The five year deal represents the first time that Cencosud has signed such a deal with a technology...

Global consulting and research firm Everest Group recently released its Global In-house Center (GIC) Landscape Annual Report 2015, in which it reported that the global services market reached US$150 billion in 2014 and GIC model contributed to 25 percent (US$35-40 billion) of...

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND (May 27, 2015): IMD, a global business school with campuses in Switzerland and Singapore, today announced its annual world competitiveness ranking. As part of its ranking of 61 more developed and sizeable economies for 2015, the IMD World Competitiveness...

EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) announced today that the 2015 EMC Heritage Trust Project is now accepting nominations for grants. Grants will support projects that practice and encourage the stewardship of cultural information in local communities around the world. To date, EMC has...

According to a report released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean Set a New Record High in 2014, the recordbreaking increase in remittances (money transfers) to Latin America reflects...