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Sunday’s local and gubernatorial elections in Colombia saw stunning defeats for the Centro Democratico, the political party of both current President Ivan Duque and former president Alvaro Uribe. Far left senator and former revolutionary militant Gustavo Petro also saw his hand...

Colombian President Ivan Duque was present in Cartagena today to give the opening address to ANDICOM, Colombia’s largest and most important ICT (Information & Communications Technology) event. Duque announced the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem initiative led by...

The 5th annual Colombian Investment Summit is being held October 29 & 30 in the Grand Ballroom of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Bogota. Sponsored by Colombia’s Ministry of Commerce, Industry & Tourism along with Colombia’s investment promotion agency ProColombia, the event has...

According to printed reports in airline industry publications and El Tiempo, outgoing US Ambassador Kevin Whittaker announced that before the end of next year, Bogotá’s El Dorado International Airport will have a US Immigration Pre-Clearance Facility. Such facilities are...

The Holberton School, a college alternative for training software engineers, last week announced that it has opened a campus in Medellín, it’s second Colombia campus after opening one in the capital of Bogotá. Holberton provides what it calls “Silicon-Valley grade” peer-learning...

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Tropical Forest Alliance annual meeting just concluded in Bogotá, Colombia, and the WEF has announced a number of commitments that will contribute to the Alliance’s goal of protecting the world’s tropical rainforests. The meeting took place the...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced in Bogotá yesterday that it would activate an edge location in Colombia by the end of 2019, making Colombia Amazon AWS’s first Latin American network access point outside of North America or Brazil. The cloud services and retail...

Colombia’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technologies (MINTIC) announced three important decisions that are intended to give Colombia greater development in terms of technology and services for rural areas. The Deputy Minister of Connectivity and Digitalization, Iván...

 "We are here today because the real dilemma is the continuation of tyranny or the overwhelming triumph of democracy," said Iván Duque.

Duque joined leaders from the United States, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and other nations in formally breaking ties with Maduro in favor of opposition-led National Assembly head Juan Guaidó.