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A 3 judge panel in Colombia's Cundinamarca district court issued an emergency injunction against the $370 million USD loan by the administration of Colombian President Ivan Duque to bankrupt Avianca Airlines, where his sister is a top executive. The lawsuit was filed by a...

Claudia Lopez, Bogotá's increasingly strident Mayor last week threatened to shutter retailers Makro & PriceSmart on a radio interview, saying the stores were not doing enough to fight the Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic

Colombia took first place in the Global Big Day birdwatching event organized by Cornell University. Of 1,440 species observed, 600 species were seen in Antioquia, 548 in Valle del Cauca, 532 in Meta, and 505 each in Caldas & Cundinamarca departments.

ProColombia announced new investments from 21 countries totalling $1.477 billion USD generating 17,000 new jobs.

Earlier this week a Colombian woman and her American husband were arrested by Colombian authorities for violating quarantine orders after arriving from California, in the US. The couple were told to abide by a mandatory quarantine order that could be served in their hotel, but...

Minvivienda, Colombia’s Ministry of Housing has announced in a follow-up study to one completed last month that the number of municipalities affected by the lack of rainfall has increased to 102; this even though several areas in the country have experienced heavy rain...

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.