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“Parts of Colombia haven’t grown at all for years because of the conflict and the absence of the state," said President Juan Manuel Santos.

"If the war continues we'll have to raise taxes to finance it," said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.

"We will go back to the state of war” if the peace deal doesn't pass the popular vote, said Santos during the first day of a World Economic Forum event in Medellín.

“Colombians can be sure that, all united, we are going to continue defending to the last centimeter our territory," said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.

Last week, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visited US President Barack Obama in the White House to discuss ongoing issues, and commemorate 15 years of US diplomatic, military, and social aid to Colombia via the package known as Plan Colombia. Colombia and Chile are the...

Privately held PharmaCielo Ltd. today announced that its Rionegro, Colombia based subsidiary, PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings S.A.S. has submitted its formal application to Minsalud, Colombia’s Ministry of Health, and the Consejo Nacional de Estupefacientes (National Drugs Council)...

Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. (TSX:BEP.UN)(NYSE:BEP) has committed to acquire 57.6% of the outstanding common shares of Medellín based Isagen S.A. (BVC:ISAGEN) from the Colombian government. In an auction held at 8am today that had only Brookfield as a bidder, the...

After Colbun dropped out of bidding last Friday (causing Colbun’s stock to rally strongly, up of 3.2%), only one bidder remains in contention for tomorrow’s January 13 auction for Colombian government controlled power producer, Isagen. Isagen is the third largest energy producer,...

UPDATE: According to Colombia Reports, Chile’s Colbun drops out of bidding for Colombia’s Isagen on Monday, January 11, 2 days before the slated auction After a series of debates in Congress and conflicting positions between Colombian political parties, the Colombian...

Colombia’s unemployment rate dropped in November to 7.3%, announced Minhacienda, Colombia’s Finance Ministry, along with statistics agency DANE yesterday. The new rate reflects a drop of 0.4 percentage points over the 2014 statistic. The rate in the 13 largest cities was measured...