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Monday at 10 am, in Medellín’s Plaza Mayór, during a special shareholder’s meeting called by BRE Colombia Investments LP, a new board of directors was seated for Medellín-based Colombian energy producer Isagen. BRE Colombia Investments LP is the majority shareholder of Isagen...

Colombia’s state controlled petroleum company Ecopetrol (BVC:ECOPETROL, NYSE:EC, TSX:ECP)  has announced that last Wednesday as part of its divestment plan, its board of directors approved proceeding with the process of selling 100% of its shares in the company Polipropileno del...

Colombian petroleum company Ecopetrol (BVC:ECOPETROL, NYSE:EC, TSX:ECP) announced Friday that it opened a $175 million USD ($578 billion COP) line of credit with The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,Ltd. (NYSE:MUFG, TSE:MUFG) The loan was approved by Minhacienda, Colombia’s finance...

After being rebuffed last summer by a major Venezuela based shareholder when it attempted to acquire Pacific Exploration & Production (TSX:PRE) (BVC:PREC) , then known as Pacific Rubiales, in a joint offer along with ALFA S.A.B. of Mexico, Harbour Energy is attempting to take...

Ambassador of the United States Kevin Whitaker received at his residence last Friday morning several members from Colombia’s private sector to celebrate the success of the  100,000 Strong in the Americas (La Fuerza de 100,000 en las Americas) higher education initiative in...

Bogotá, Colombia–(Business WIre)– Fitch Ratings has announced that its Sector and Rating Outlooks for the Colombian insurance industry are currently stable, and that there is a high likelihood Fitch will affirm the ratings of most Colombian insurance companies in...

Graña y Montero S.A.A. (NYSE:GRAM) (BVL:GRAMONC1) announced Friday evening that their subsidiary CAM Colombia Multiservicios S.A.S. has obtained the Buena Pro for the “Comprehensive Electricity Contract” to provide engineering and technical services for the Colombian company...

Pacific Exploration & Production Corp. (TSX: PRE) (BVC: PREC) announced today that the company and its lenders have agreed to extend the Liquidity Deadline to February 4, 2016, “or such later date as the company and its lenders shall agree.” This comes after the oil company...

New York, January 20, 2016 (PRNewswire) — E-Commerce is going mobile and innovative technology is allowing consumers around the world unprecedented access to products. Consumers are no longer limited to the product selection at their local store or even in their own...

Michael R. Bloomberg today launched Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2016 Mayors Challenge, a competition to inspire Latin American and Caribbean cities to develop bold new ideas that solve major problems and improve city life – and that ultimately can be shared with other cities. The...