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Looking further ahead, the World Bank has forecast Colombian GDP to increase by 3.4% in both 2019 and 2020.

The ICO estimates production in Colombia to decrease by 4.3%, to 14 million bags, this crop year.

Eduardo Almeida says that, in Rionegro, "we are expanding based on the contracts we have closed recently with some customers."

“We have an extraordinary opportunity in the Latin American market for Unisys to follow a path of growth and expansion," said Almeida.

"RPA is the cornerstone to this next wave of transformation," says Felix Massun, CEO of Latin America for Symphony Ventures.

Last July, the IMF forecasted Colombia's GDP to grow by 3.0% in 2017. In October, that figure fell to 2.7% then, in April, it was cut again to 2.3%. Now it sits at 2.0%.

While the rest of Latin America is going one way, Colombia is still lagging behind. Only Ecuador, with a 6.1% drop in the first quarter, performed worse.

Best known in Colombia for its Jumbo brand of hypermarkets, the company's large regional presence highlights its financial stability.

Though a new ambassador has yet to be appointed, the position will be overseen by Rachel Brazier until a formal replacement is made.

"Latin American economies remain vulnerable to a sharp deceleration in the Chinese economy and its knock-on effects in commodity prices," said Rui J. Pereira of Fitch Ratings.