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The above IHME map shows the mean value (across the 1,000 regressions that IHME runs in its SEIR model) of effective reproductive number, R, on June 9. Infections on June 9 roughly correspond to cases of COVID-19 on June 20 given the average duration of 11 days between infection and being reported as a case. Where this value is greater than 1, it means that every person infected with COVID-19 will produce more than one additional infected person. To successfully eliminate a disease from a population, R needs to be less than 1. The map shows that on June 9 in many parts of the world, R was lower than 1, including many parts of North America, Europe, Africa, India, Australia, and New Zealand. Locations that are showing effective R values greater than 1, which means that the number of cases of COVID-19 in the population is growing, include several states in India, the US, Mexico, and Brazil, as well as many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, such as Argentina, Chile, and Indonesia. Several countries in the Middle East, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as Turkey and Iran, also had R values greater than 1 as recently as two weeks ago.

Up To 81,942 May Die In Colombia From COVID-19 Says University of Washington Institute

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington is forecasting nearly 388,300 people will die from COVID-19 in Latin American and Caribbean nations by October 1. Brazil is expected to exceed 166,000 deaths and Mexico 88,000. Six other...

Posted On June 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Colombia Is Now The 37th Full Member Of The OECD

Colombia has completed the 8-year accession process, now making it a full member of the OECD: The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development based in Paris.

Posted On April 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

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PriceSmart Sees Sales Surge Almost 20% In March, Postpones New Bogotá & Bucaramanga Stores, To Launch Online Shopping & Delivery Option

PriceSmart Sees Sales Surge Almost 20% In March, Postpones New Jamaica, Colombia, Costa Rica Stores, To Launch Online Shopping & Delivery Option

Posted On April 8, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Singularity Summit: Deloitte’s Duleesha Kulasooriya Examines Colombia’s Orange Economy Initiative

Finance Colombia's Loren Moss talks with Duleesha Kulasooriya, executive director of Deloitte's Center For The Edge on how disruptive transformation can benefit developing economies...but the right strategy is the key to success.

Posted On March 28, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Coronavirus A Threat To Colombia, Latam Economies, Even Without Infections Says Fitch

Sovereign and corporate issuers in Latin America will be adversely affected by slower Chinese demand and commodity price weakness caused by coronavirus due to high commodity export dependence and direct trade exposure to China, says Fitch Ratings.

Posted On February 27, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Colombian Event Platform Rebus Raises $415,000 Seed Round

Rebus, a Colombian event and ticketing platform launched in 2017 and led by co-founder Juliana Villalba Torres, has raised $415,000 in seed funding from several angel investors, including Angel Ventures, Magma Partners, Enlaces, Quake Capital, Avalancha Ventures and several...

Posted On January 29, 2020

, By Loren Moss

Avianca Flight Diverts To Panamá After Plane Damaged In Flight, 4 Hospitalized

Last Thursday, January 23, Avianca flight AV693 flying from San José, Costa Rica to Bogotá, Colombia had to land in Panamá City’s Tocumen International Airport after experiencing severe turbulence that sent 3 crew and 1 passenger to the hospital, and left the plane damaged.

Posted On January 28, 2020

, By Loren Moss

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Fitch: LatAm Sovereigns Vulnerable To Next Downturn

Growth in public debt burdens and fiscal deficits in many Latin American countries over the past decade will undermine the ability of governments to respond to shocks and a sharper than expected global slowdown in 2020, says Fitch Ratings. Weakening fiscal dynamics have been a...

Posted On January 14, 2020

, By Loren Moss

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Standard & Poor’s Upgrades Avianca Holdings To ‘B-‘ From ‘SD’ & LifeMiles To ‘B+’ From ‘B-‘ On Debt Restructuring Completion

S&P Global Ratings last week raised its issuer credit rating to ‘B-‘ from ‘SD’ and its issue-level rating on the 9% senior secured notes due 2023 to ‘B-‘ from ‘CCC-‘ and the 8.375% senior unsecured notes due 2020 to...

Posted On December 28, 2019

, By Loren Moss

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Grupo Aval’s Banco de Bogotá To Buy Panamá’s Multi Financial Group; Moody’s Says Outlook Remains Negative

Banco de Bogotá has reached an agreement with Multi Financial Group (MFG), Panama’s eighth largest banking group by assets, to acquire 100% of its common capital for about $730 million dollars in an all-cash transaction. The proposed acquisition will add $5 billion to Banco...

Posted On November 18, 2019

, By Loren Moss