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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...

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.

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

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...