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Spanish Airline Plus Ultra Lineas Aéreas will begin operating a Madrid-Cali-Cartagena route beginning June 17th this year,

A passenger arrived on January 25 in Colombia’s third largest city with symptoms conforming with those of the Coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China. The messenger, a male in his 40s, returned from China, passing through Spain & the United States on his way back to Colombia.

Spirit Airlines (NYSE:SAVE) has announced the addition of two new destinations to its network in 2020, with service to Bucaramanga (BGA) and Barranquilla (BAQ) Colombia starting in April, subject to regulatory approval. Spirit flew its first flight to Colombia in May 2008,...

Colombia’s economy continues to grow, and the country attracts more foreign direct investment every year. Just this October, over a billion US dollars in FDI was announced at investment Promotion Agency ProColombia’s 2019 Investment Summit. Colombia’s capital of 9 million souls,...

Colombia’s President Ivan Duque today named Bahía Soláno, Chocó native Mabel Gisela Torres Torres PhD as Colombia’s new minister of Science, Technology & Innovation. Torres is a scientist from Colombia’s Pacific Coast who after 9 years of study abroad, returned to the...

In the first half of 2019, the number of international visitors passing through Colombian immigration continues its upward trend, with 2,865,070 foreign nonresident visitors between January & August, according to Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism...

PriceSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ: PSMT) today announced that on August 21, 2019, it acquired approximately 111,000 square feet of land in the far north of the capital city, Bogotá upon which the company plans to construct its 47th warehouse club.  This club will be located within the...

The U.S. Embassy in Bogota has announced that representatives from the Regional Federal Benefits Unit will visit Medellin, Cali and Bogota to offer services for beneficiaries or individuals with questions about U.S. Social Security and other federal benefits. To schedule an...

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...

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...