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Various locations throughout the north side of Bogotá will host events that together make up the second annual Bogotá Design Festival, to take place from March 1-5.  The free event seeks to connect citizens and visitors of Colombia with design and innovation, also to contribute...

Last week, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited US President Barack Obama in the White House to discuss ongoing issues, and commemorate 15 years of US diplomatic, military, and social aid to Colombia via the package known as Plan Colombia. Colombia and Chile are the...

2016 marked another record year for bilateral trade between Colombia and the US in the area of flower exports. Over half a billion flowers were shipped to North America from Colombia for the Valentine’s day holiday, last Sunday. According to ProColombia, Colombia’s export...

While initially offering $175 per $1,000 face value of delinquent Pacific Exploration & Production (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) notes due between 2019 and 2015, Harbour Energy subsidiary EIG Pacific Holdings has revised downward its offer to $160 per $1,000 face value, and amended...

Macrorrueda 60, the Colombian Business Matchmaking Forum, sponsored by ProColombia will take place March 17-18, 2016 at the Corferias conference center in Bogotá. The event aims to introduce 2,000 Colombian suppliers with more than 1000 international buyers. During this 2-day...

Pacific Exploration & Production Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) announced today that the Toronto based petroleum company’s lenders have agreed to extend the liquidity deadline to 11:59 pm EST on February 26, 2016, which is the end of the existing waiver period. The waivers...

Fitch Ratings last week published a peer review of four state-owned financial institutions in Colombia: Banco Agrario de Colombia S.A. (Banagrario), Banco de Comercio Exterior de Colombia S.A. (Bancoldex), Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional S.A. (FDN) and Financiera de Desarrollo...

Five year old Brazilian reinsurance company Austral Resseguradora has received authorization to operate in Colombia and Ecuador, the Rio de Janeiro firm has announced. The firm is a subsidiary of Austral Participações S.A. Aside from operations in Brasil, Colombia and Ecuador,...

Rizk Ventures, LLC has announced that its subsidiary Rizk Ventures Colombia and Goldman Sachs have created a joint venture to invest in sale-leaseback transactions in the Colombian hospital market. The joint venture has already consummated its first sale-leaseback transaction of...

Privately held PharmaCielo Ltd. today announced that its Rionegro, Colombia based subsidiary, PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings S.A.S. has submitted its formal application to Minsalud, Colombia’s Ministry of Health, and the Consejo Nacional de Estupefacientes (National Drugs Council)...