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This year’s annual dry season that affects Colombia in December and January has seen the number of municipalities facing shortages grow to 32, according to the country’s minister of housing, cities and territories, Jonathan Malagón.

In the first half of 2019, Colombia’s avocado exports are up 37.6% compared to the same period in 2018, according to ProColombia, Colombia’s export promotion agency, and DANE, the national statistics agency. This in contrast to a global increase in consumption of 3% according to...

Multiple municipalities have cast ballots overwhelmingly in favor of vetoing the right of corporations to mine nearby recently in a referendum practice known as a "consulta popular."

As with the nation at large, most areas of Colombia are struggling to achieve growth. But certain segments and indicators are showing positive signs.

Bimbo's second location in Tenjo took a year to build and was inaugurated with a visit by President Santos.

Five people remain unaccounted for after more than 12 hours of rescue efforts and emergency response, said UNGRD.

Clothing retailer H&M recently announced that it plans to open its second store in Colombia on May 27 in Chia, a suburb just north of Bogotá.

The Carrera Verde kicks off in Bogotá on February 19 then heads to Medellín a month later on March 26.

The company says it will ship some 500,000 tonnes of metallurgical coal from Colombia to China in 2017.

"I meet with customers every week and it’s amazing. They don’t want to spend time or money — until something happens," said Jorge Hurtado of Absolute Software.