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Credicorp Ltd. (NYSE: BAP) announced last week that it has reached an agreement to acquire 74.49% of the capital stock of Banco Compartir S.A. one of the leading microfinance banks in Colombia, from a group of shareholders including Colsubsidio, Cafam, Comfandi, Comfenalco...

Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced yesterday that Stork, part of Fluor’s Diversified Services segment, together with its consortium partners, was awarded a 4-year framework agreement for plant turnaround services by Ecopetrol S.A. (NYSE: EC BVC: ECO) for its Barrancabermeja...

FRISS and Guidewire Software, Inc. (NYSE: GWRE) announced last week that SURA Colombia (SURA) has deployed its integrated claims fraud detection program for motor personal lines with the FRISS accelerator for Guidewire ClaimCenter. According to FRISS, SURA Colombia is the first...

During his visit to Seoul, South Korea, the Deputy Minister of Digital Economy From MinTIC, Colombia’s Ministry of Information & Communications Technogy, Jehudi Castro Sierra, met with his South Korean counterpart Won Ki Min. Won also serves as the head of Artificial...

Toronto based upstream petroleum producer Frontera Energy Corporation (TSX: FEC) announced today that the company will be added to the Standard & Poor’s TSX Composite Index, effective prior to the open of trading on Monday, June 24, 2019. The Frontera is also being added to...

The 11th edition of F-AIR Colombia 2019, the main military aviation trade event in Colombia and one of the most important in Latin America, is returning and set to take place July 11-14 in Rionegro, Colombia. At this semi-annual event entrepreneurs from the civil and military...

Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the Baa2 issuer rating of Interconexion Electrica S.A. E.S.P. (ISA). (OTCQX: IESFY) (BVC: ISA) At the same time, Moody’s revised the outlook to stable from negative. This action follows Moody´s recent rating action on the...

As part of its expansion plan in the region, Viva Air has initiated operations of its new bi-directional international route between Cartagena, Colombia (CTG) and Lima, Peru (LIM) from $195 USD round trip, flying Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. On June 7, Viva Air’s pink-livery...

Luxury hotel brand Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Grupo Valorem subsidiary San Francisco Investments, have announced plans to open a luxury hotel and private residences in Cartagena, Colombia’s dominant Caribbean tourism destination. Located in Getsemaní, a neighborhood adjacent...

For the month of May, 2019, Copa Holdings, parent company of Copa Airlines (NYSE: CPA), announced that system-wide passenger traffic (RPMs) decreased 2.6% year over year, while capacity (ASMs or Available Seat Miles) decreased 4.6%.  As a result, system load factor for the month...