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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.

Most analysts are equating the underwhelming growth to low consumption following the recent tax hike that increased Colombia's VAT by 3%.