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Of the 14 departments included in the survey, 10 recorded positive production growth.

With a dearth of economic data, attention has focused on the Bajo Cauca unrest.

Colombia is very rarely, if ever, bereft of news, and this week was no exception. In fact it was a bit of a doozy!

It was an eclectic week, even by Colombian standards.

On Friday we also had the Central Bank's latest survey for October, and everything continues to trend upwards versus September.

The study revealed that 66% of the surveyed businesspeople were optimistic regarding the operations of their companies in Colombia, while 30% feel the same in respect to the performance of the economy in general.

Colombia’s President Ivan Duque announced the order to extend Colombia’s national preventive isolation order an additional two weeks, at least until May 11.

A fire broke out today on the roof of a new Tecnoglass (NASDAQ: TGLS) production facility at its headquarters in Barranquilla, Colombia. The six-alarm fire was reported just after 1pm today and contained by the municipal firefighting units of the coastal city.

ProColombia has opened registration for the 80th Business Matchmaking Forum to take place in Medellín’s Plaza Mayor Convention Center from March 16-18, expecting to bring together 3,000 entrepreneurs, exporters and buyers from across Colombia and abroad.

Rising oil prices were the biggest factor. The extractive industry exported $11.8 billion USD — nearly 60% of the nation's export value in the past six months.