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Fitch Ratings today has announced credit rating actions for Medellín, Colombia. As Colombia’s second largest city and economy, the rating action reflects Medellin’s financial strength, its importance in the national context as well as its manageable debt metrics. Key Rating...

The availability of wireless networks will be key for future development of Machine to Machine (M2M) connections in Latin America – and everywhere else. According to research done on behalf of 4G Americas by Machina Research, in 2014 there were 14.6 million M2M IoT (Internet of...

Fitch Ratings-New York-29 October 2015: The weather phenomenon known as El Nino, which causes lower water precipitation in Colombia, is currently putting the country’s electricity regulatory framework to the test, according to Fitch Ratings. A drought that could last until...

Due to continued interest, Finance Colombia is now accepting applications for a very limited number of unpaid internships in Colombia with 3 & 6 month durations from graduate students in Journalism, Communications, Finance, Economics, International Relations, or synonymous...

Medellín based Grupo SURA´s insurance and risk management subsidiary, Suramericana S.A., has announced that it has reached a definite agreement to acquire RSA Insurance Group PLC´s operations in Latin America, for a total of £403 million British pounds, representing COP 1.91...

ProColombia and the Colombian Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications will host the first technology focused Business Matchmaking forum to pair roughly 70 Colombian companies with an expected 150 to 200 Canadian and US buyers and investors October 28 and 29, 2015...

Red Eagle Mining Corporation (TSX-V: RD, OTCQX: RDEMF, SSE-V: RDCL) has completed the second tranche of its previously announced private placement in the amount of approximately $5,650,000 for total gross proceeds of approximately $19,350,000, consisting of 71,677,550 common...

Continental Gold Inc. (TSX:CNL)(OTCQX:CGOOF) has announced that Mateo Restrepo Villegas will serve as Executive Vice-President, effective August 12, 2015, and will be located in the company’s Medellín office. Restrepo brings experience in mining, infrastructure, banking and...

Indian motorcycle company Royal Enfield wants to expand globally, and it is targeting Colombia as a key market. “Currently we are an Indian company,” CEO Siddhartha Lal told India’s Business Standard in July. “We want to be a global player.” Royal Enfield boasts that...

This week, the city of Medellin held the pre-event kickoff for the upcoming Cities For Life Global Meeting 2015, to take place this August 31 to September 1st in Plaza Mayor, the city’s flagship convention center. Cities for Life will bring more than 40 experts from around the...