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“Our partnership with Convexus is a key factor in expanding our investment in Latin America going forward,” said Yaron Hertz of NICE.

"We have a lot of noise in Colombia — I think it will explode in the next 24 months," says Raúl Rodríguez of NICE Systems.

Last July, the IMF forecasted Colombia's GDP to grow by 3.0% in 2017. In October, that figure fell to 2.7% then, in April, it was cut again to 2.3%. Now it sits at 2.0%.

"Latin American economies remain vulnerable to a sharp deceleration in the Chinese economy and its knock-on effects in commodity prices," said Rui J. Pereira of Fitch Ratings.

"Corporates have been negatively affected by elevated interest rates in several countries and rising taxes," said Paula Bunn of Fitch Ratings.

Giving state and city governments in Latin America more autonomy to manage their own sources of tax revenue could promote greater local development and efficiency, according to a new study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The study, Decentralizing Revenue in Latin...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in collaboration with the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS), is launching a call for research proposals by individual researchers and scholars in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) countries. The deadline to submit...

Demand Frontier is a digital marketing agency founded in Texas, with a rapidly growing outpost in Medellín. The business-to-business firm services Fortune-500 companies from both locations, but sees Colombia as key to its plans for growth. Finance Colombia executive editor Loren...

The Global analyst firm Everest Group has released a comprehensive, 165 page report (available here) covering global service delivery locations, and the report cites Colombia as a nascent location in the global services market. While the country still has only a small share of...

Epson launched its SureColor F9200 dye sublimation printers at Colombiatex, Colombia’s textile industry trade show this year. The SureColor line of dye sublimation printers allow designers and producers to print intricate, full color designs either directly on fabric, or on...